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The Zanzibari-British Nobel laureate (Literature, 2021) Abdulrazak Gurnah, released his first book after receiving the Nobel Prize.
Titled simply "Theft", the book is out since March 18 2025.
I have already received one copy and ordered one for a friend so we could read together.
About Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature)
In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change.
At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after university with new swagger and ambition. Fauzia glimpses in him a chance at escape from a smothering upbringing. The two of them offer a haven to Badar, a poor boy still unsure if the future holds anything for him at all. As tourism, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils reach their quiet corner of the world, bringing, each arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.
Titled simply "Theft", the book is out since March 18 2025.
I have already received one copy and ordered one for a friend so we could read together.
Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) by Abdulrazak Gurnah: 9780593852620 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025 In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change. At the turn of the twenty-first...
About Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature)
In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change.
At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after university with new swagger and ambition. Fauzia glimpses in him a chance at escape from a smothering upbringing. The two of them offer a haven to Badar, a poor boy still unsure if the future holds anything for him at all. As tourism, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils reach their quiet corner of the world, bringing, each arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.