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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-     Subjects     Tanzanians -- England -- London -- Fiction.     Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Fiction.     Absentee fathers -- Fiction.     Zanzibar -- Politics and government -- 1964- -- Fiction.     Zanzibar -- History -- Revolution, 1964 -- Fiction.     London (England) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-       by title:      Gravel heart / Abdul...       by call number:      FICTION GUR     Search the Web     Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-     Tanzanians -- England -- London -- Fiction.     Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Fiction.     Absentee fathers -- Fiction.     Zanzibar -- Politics and government -- 1964- -- Fiction.     Zanzibar -- History -- Revolution, 1964 -- Fiction.     London (England) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Gravel heart / Abdulrazak Gurnah. by Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- Bloomsbury, 2017. Call #: FICTION GUR Subjects Tanzanians -- England -- London -- Fiction.   Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.   Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Fiction.   Absentee fathers -- Fiction.   Zanzibar -- Politics and government -- 1964- -- Fiction.   Zanzibar -- History -- Revolution, 1964 -- Fiction.   London (England) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781639730018 9781632868138 (hc.) Description:  261 p. ; 25 cm. Summary:  "Salim has always known that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he is a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors. It is the 1970s and Zanzibar is changing. Tourists arrive, the island's white sands obscuring the memory of recent conflict--the longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution. When his father moves out, retreating into disheveled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother does not discuss the change, nor does she explain her absences with a strange man; silence is layered on silence. When glamorous Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, the lonely teenager travels to London for college. But nothing has prepared him for the biting cold and seething crowds of this hostile city. Struggling to find a foothold, and to understand the darkness at the heart of his family, he must face devastating truths about those closest to him--and about love, sex, and power. Evoking the immigrant experience with unsentimental precision and profound understanding, Gravel Heart is a powerfully affecting story of isolation, identity, belonging, and betrayal."--From publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Black fiction. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION GUR Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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