Desertion

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780375423543
  • 26 juli 2005
  • 262 pagina's
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Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948) werd geboren op Zanzibar, Tanzania. In 1967 vluchtte hij naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waar hij hoogleraar Engelse en postkoloniale literatuur werd aan de universiteit van Kent. Zijn indrukwekkende en gelauwerde oeuvre bestaat uit negen romans, waaronder het in 2022 bij Meulenhoff verschenen Paradijs en zijn meest recente roman Hiernamaals. In 2021 werd hem de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur toegekend.

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An evocative novel of forbidden love and cultural upheaval spans three generations and two continents as the 1899 love affair between Orientalist Martin Pearce and Rehana, the sister of the man who rescued him from an African desert, has implications in 1950s Zanzibar as the country moves toward revolution and Rehana's granddaughter is caught up in another forbidden affair. 20,000 first printing.

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Periode
ca. 1800-1910
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Kenia

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    Several forms of desertion occur in this rich novel situated mainly in Zanzibar, the east coast of Africa and England and spanning almost a century. In 1899 an Englishman is found unconscious before dawn near the mosque of a small coastal town, by Indian shopkeeper Hassanali who opens it each early morning for prayer. Together with his wife and sister he looks after the Englishman, who was robbed and deserted by his Somali guides. Later the sister and the Englishman move to Mombasa. The Englishman leaves for Britain, the sister, pregnant, is abandoned.
    Part Two deals with brothers Amin and Rachid, who live in Zanzibar. Shortly before independence in 1963, Amin falls in love with Jamila, but is forced by his parents to break with her, a decision he will regret forever… Just over a month after independence, the Zanzibar Revolution takes place, whereby thousands of Indians and Arabs are killed, or expropriated and expelled. The author considers the sudden granting of independence to so many ill-prepared African countries a clear form of desertion. Amin’s brother Rachid, meanwhile, is on a scholarship in Britain, graduates, earns his PhD and becomes a lecturer. He scuttles his parents’ wishes by marrying Clare, who walks out on him years later…
    There are more instances of desertion. This is only a bare bones outline of the main theme. It is very well written and strong on matters pertaining to family honour and personal comportment. Readers who suspect a linkage between the two main love stories will find the final chapter riveting. Nice read.

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