Adieu Zanzibar - Abdulrazak Gurnah
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“This is a story about all of us—Farida and Amin, our parents, Jamila. She says that every story contains many others, and that they do not belong to us but are intertwined with the vicissitudes of our time; they take hold of us and bind us forever.” One morning in 1899, in a small coastal town in East Africa, Hassanali sets out for the mosque where he serves as muezzin. It is then that he crosses paths with an exhausted Englishman who collapses at his feet. He soon befriends this man, a writer, traveler, and orientalist. Despite everything that separates them, the stranger falls madly in love with Hassanali’s sister. This forbidden passion will seal the fate of a cursed lineage across several generations, all the way to 1960s London.
"C'est une histoire sur nous tous, Farida et Amin, nos parents, Jamila. Elle dit que chaque histoire en contient beaucoup d'autres, et qu'elles ne nous appartiennent pas mais se confondent avec les aléas de notre époque, qu'elles s'emparent de nous et nous lient à jamais." Un matin de 1899, dans une petite ville côtière d'Afrique de l'Est, Hassanali se met en chemin pour la mosquée dont il est le muezzin. C'est alors qu'il croise la route d'un Anglais épuisé qui s'effondre à ses pieds. Il se lie bientôt avec cet homme, écrivain, voyageur et orientaliste. Malgré tout ce qui les sépare, l'étranger va tomber fou d'amour pour la soeur d'Hassanali. Cette passion interdite scellera le destin d'une lignée maudite sur plusieurs générations, jusqu'au Londres des années 1960.
- Item weight : 222 g
- Dimensions : 10.8 x 1.8 x 17.8 cm
“This is a story about all of us—Farida and Amin, our parents, Jamila. She says that every story contains many others, and that they do not belong to us but are intertwined with the vicissitudes of our time; they take hold of us and bind us forever.” One morning in 1899, in a small coastal town in East Africa, Hassanali sets out for the mosque where he serves as muezzin. It is then that he crosses paths with an exhausted Englishman who collapses at his feet. He soon befriends this man, a writer, traveler, and orientalist. Despite everything that separates them, the stranger falls madly in love with Hassanali’s sister. This forbidden passion will seal the fate of a cursed lineage across several generations, all the way to 1960s London.
"C'est une histoire sur nous tous, Farida et Amin, nos parents, Jamila. Elle dit que chaque histoire en contient beaucoup d'autres, et qu'elles ne nous appartiennent pas mais se confondent avec les aléas de notre époque, qu'elles s'emparent de nous et nous lient à jamais." Un matin de 1899, dans une petite ville côtière d'Afrique de l'Est, Hassanali se met en chemin pour la mosquée dont il est le muezzin. C'est alors qu'il croise la route d'un Anglais épuisé qui s'effondre à ses pieds. Il se lie bientôt avec cet homme, écrivain, voyageur et orientaliste. Malgré tout ce qui les sépare, l'étranger va tomber fou d'amour pour la soeur d'Hassanali. Cette passion interdite scellera le destin d'une lignée maudite sur plusieurs générations, jusqu'au Londres des années 1960.
- Item weight : 222 g
- Dimensions : 10.8 x 1.8 x 17.8 cm
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