{"product_id":"paradise-by-the-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2021-9781565841628","title":"Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah's \"breakthrough\" work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy's coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e calls a \"vibrant\" and \"powerful\" work that \"evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of ten novels, including \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award. He lives in Canterbury, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50705705763090,"sku":"9781565841628","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_65378000-ea6b-4123-9ecf-ef2d797f04c0.jpg?v=1734488251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paradise-by-the-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2021-9781565841628","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}