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Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature)

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

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    About Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature)

    In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a master storyteller captures young people in Tanzania  in 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 in Dar es Salaam with a new swagger and sense of ambition. There he catches the eye of Fauzia, who sees in him a chance at escape from a smothering upbringing. When the two of them offer a haven to Badar, a poor boy still unsure if the future holds anything for him at all, they little imagine how deeply their fates will entwine and diverge. As rapidly accelerating global change reaches even their quiet corner of the world, bringing tourists, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils, each arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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    About Abdulrazak Gurnah

    Abdulrazak Gurnah is the 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of ten previous novels, including Afterlives (named a 2022 Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, and The… More about Abdulrazak Gurnah

    About Abdulrazak Gurnah

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    About Abdulrazak Gurnah

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    About Abdulrazak Gurnah

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    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Large Print | $32.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    Mar 18, 2025 | 456 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9798217067565

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $30.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Mar 18, 2025 | 304 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780593852606

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Mar 18, 2025 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780593852613

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Mar 18, 2025 | 600 Minutes | ISBN 9798217016150

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    Praise

    Praise for Theft

    “Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gurnah delivers a story whose title reverberates throughout. . . No word is wasted. . .A tightly constructed family drama with surprising complications.” —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

    “At once culturally specific and emotionally universal. . . Gurnah is at the top of his game.”—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review


    Praise for Abdulrazak Gurnah

    “[Gurnah] is a novelist nonpareil, a master of the art form who understands human failings in conflicts both political and intimate — and how these shortcomings create afflictions from which nations and individuals continue to suffer, needlessly, generation after generation.” —New York Times Book Review

    “Gurnah’s greatest act of love and artistry [is] his ability to gather the fragments of broken lives and create a breathtaking mosaic in print.” —The Washington Post

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