Paradise
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-1994
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Set in an African village, this is a novel about a boy who is taken away at the age of 12 by a moneylender as security against a loan. He is coming of age and learning of his inheritance. It is also the story of the corruption of traditional African patterns by white colonialism.
Main title:
Paradise / Abdulrazak Gurnah.
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Imprint:
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1994.
Collation:
246p.
ISBN:
9780241001837
Dewey class:
823RS
Language:
English
BRN:
190564