{"product_id":"memory-of-departure-by-the-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2021-9781526653482","title":"Memory of Departure: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is a \"compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHassan Omar is a gifted young man, with a potentially bright future but a past marred by poverty. In the wake of a national uprising, and with a new government in place, though, he is denied a scholarship to a university abroad and deprived of the opportunity to study further. Instead, Hassan travels to Nairobi to stay with a wealthy uncle, in the hope that he will release his mother's rightful share of the family inheritance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Nairobi, Hassan experiences the collision of past secrets and future hopes, and the compounding of fear and frustration, beauty and brutality. In his debut novel, Nobel Prize winning author Abdurlazak Gurnah creates a fierce tale of undeniable power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah \u003c\/b\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: \u003ci\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDottie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003ci\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBy the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Award), \u003ci\u003eDesertion \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003ci\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGravel Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50915984965906,"sku":"9781526653482","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2671e58-c7c4-4999-91c9-3810f35155a9.jpg?v=1738833097","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memory-of-departure-by-the-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2021-9781526653482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}