Afterlives: A Novel (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: Afterlives: A Novel (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Riverhead Books

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Superb. . . . A celebration of a place and time when people held onto their own ways, and basked in ordinary joys even as outside forces conspired to take them away. New York Times

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa.

When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away, fighting against his own people, he returns home to find his parents gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned into de facto slavery. Hamza, too, returns home from the war, scarred in body and soul and with nothing but the clothes on his backuntil he meets the beautiful, undaunted Afiya. As these young people live and work and fall in love, their fates knotted ever more tightly together, the shadow of a new war on another continent falls over them, threatening once again to carry them away.

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Praise for Afterlives:

Superb. . . . Afterlives is a celebration of a place and time when people held onto their own ways, and basked in ordinary joys even as outside forces conspired to take them away. . . . [Gurnah] is a novelist nonpareil, a master of the art form who understands human failings in conflicts both political and intimate and how these shortcomings create afflictions from which nations and individuals continue to suffer, needlessly, generation after generation. New York Times Book Review

At once a globe-spanning epic of European colonialism and an intimate look at village life in one of the many overlooked corners of the Earth. Both parts reclamations of history and heart are equally revelatory. . . . Gurnahs greatest act of love and artistry [is] his ability to gather the fragments of broken lives and create a breathtaking mosaic in print.The Washington Post

An appreciation for quiet, ordinary forms of heroism runs throughout. . . . One can take away lessons and meanings from this novel, yet such things are perhaps less significant than the sheer seeming realness of the characters, whose presences Mr. Gurnah has faithfully crafted into existence, with all of their dreaming, their sorrow and their resilience.Wall Street Journal

A rich, detailed tapestry. . . . three separate storylines tangle together to probe the violence of European colonialism. TIME

Afterlives follows its long arc to a point where reclamation is possible, where recognition of full personhood can once again be restored. . . . [Gurnah] constructs his latest magnificent novel so clearly and carefully that when his very last lines bring us back to love and kindness, were ready to pay attention.Los Angeles Times

Epic and poignantly personal.Vanity Fair

[A] sweeping epic. . . . it is the intimacy with which Gurnah renders his characters that makes it a heartrending and eye-opening standout. Oprah Daily

A monumental, epic work of fiction, a story that transcends genres. It can be read as historical fiction, as an adventure novel, and, ultimately, as a love story. Pittsburgh City Paper

This lyrical novel delves into the scars left by war, not just on the body and mind, but family and society too. We come to know and love Ilya and his sister Afiya, her lover Hamza, and the lives they're desperately trying to create even as cascading conflicts threaten to tear them apart.Good Housekeeping

Nobel laureate Gurnahs latest is a multi-generational exploration of colonial violence and displacement in east Africa through the lives of three young people.The Millions

A fascinating, necessary novel. Lit Hub

Filled with human compassion and historical insight. . . . .A captivating, engrossing and edifying work of fiction. BookPage

Riveting. . . . Gurnahs spare, unvarnished prose shines a harsh but honest light on the brutality of Africas colonial past. . . and through his rich main ch

CARACTERÍSTICAS PRINCIPALES:

-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

MÁS DETALLES:

Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780593541883
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 059354188X
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Riverhead Books
Titulo del libro: Afterlives: A Novel (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 320
ISBN-13: 9780593541883
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780593541883