{"product_id":"paradise-9781526653260","title":"Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBy the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BBC RADIO 4 Book at Bedtime \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e_______________________\u003cbr\u003e'A poetic and vividly conjured book about Africa and the brooding power of the unknown' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gurnah evokes his world in poetic prose which is pure and lucid - a small paradise in itself ... The pleasures, sadnesses and losses in all the shining facets of this book are lingering and exquisite' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An obliterated world is enthrallingly retrieved' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e_______________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46947392422039,"sku":"9781526653260","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781526653260.webp?v=1772262074","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/paradise-9781526653260","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}