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Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Paradise about?
<p>A finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize, England's highest honor for works of fiction, Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.</p> <p>Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into the complexities of precolonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and
Who reads Paradise?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Abdulrazak Gurnah
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781565841628
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (112 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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