{"product_id":"the-last-gift-by-the-winner-of-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature-paperback","title":"The Last Gift: By the Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, an astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbbas has never told anyone about his past-before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a drugstore in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him unable to speak about things he thought he would one day have to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamal and Hanna have grown up and gone out into the world. They were both born in England but cannot shake a sense of apartness. Hanna calls herself Anna now, and has just moved to a new city to be near her boyfriend. She feels the relationship is headed somewhere serious, but the words have not yet been spoken out loud. Jamal, the listener of the family, moves into a student house and is captivated by a young woman with dark blue eyes and her own complex story to tell. Abbas's illness forces both children home, to the dark silences of their father and the fretful capability of their mother, Maryam, who has never thought to find herself-until now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah \u003c\/b\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of nine novels: \u003ci\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDottie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003ci\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBy the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Award), \u003ci\u003eDesertion \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003ci\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGravel Heart \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/i\u003e. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766746480928,"sku":"9781639730001","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/038c049091e2ab6942123edd21717c95.webp?v=1780298068","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-gift-by-the-winner-of-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}