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Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah: Life’s many textures

The Irish Times 28 Mar 2025
If you’re new to the work of Abdulrazak Gurnah, you’re in for a treat ... Gurnah was born in Zanzibar but he has lived in England from the age of 18, and his books are mainly set between Europe and East Africa ... [ Abdulrazak Gurnah.
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Abdulrazak Gurnah’s lessons in humanity

New Statesman 26 Mar 2025
Gurnah was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania, and has lived for a very long time in the UK, having moved here during the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution ... But Gurnah’s characters are never one-dimensional.
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Fiction: Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Theft’

Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2025
Plus Colum McCann’s “Twist” and Nell Zink’s “Sister Europe.” ... .
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Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – love and betrayal from the Nobel laureate

The Guardian 19 Mar 2025
Born in Zanzibar, Gurnah, now 76, moved to Britain in 1968 as a refugee of the Zanzibar revolution ... Theft, Gurnah’s first book since his Nobel win, is in part a continued inquiry into familiar themes of exile and memory, home, longing and loneliness.
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Book Review: ‘Theft,’ by Abdulrazak Gurnah

New York Times 18 Mar 2025
In the novel “Theft,” by the recent Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, three characters navigate messy relationships in 1980s Tanzania ... .
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Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – a masterclass in quicksilver storytelling

The Guardian 18 Mar 2025
The receipt of a big award inevitably ramps up the pressure on whatever the winner publishes next, but there can be no such fears over Abdulrazak Gurnah’s new novel, Theft, his first since becoming a Nobel laureate in 2021 ... ....
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Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review: tightly-plotted excellence

London Evening Standard 14 Mar 2025
... of Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 11th novel, set in 1990s Tanzania.
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