The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - ''a maestro'' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa
Selected as a book to look out for in 2025 by the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC
-A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal- Guardian
-Storytelling mastery - Gives you the pleasurable sense that you-re putty in the hands of a warm yet clear-eyed authorial intelligence- Observer-The reader can only rejoice at Gurnah-s skill in giving us the whole of a life in such nimble scenes- Financial Times
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What are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves?
It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people - Karim, Fauzia and Badar - are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibil
