{"product_id":"9781565841635","title":"Abdulrazak Gurnah - Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Themes include Fiction, Coming of Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize, England's highest honor for works of fiction, Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into the complexities of precolonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is a page-turning saga that offers a unique perspective on a seldom-chronicled part of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58005224554870,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781565841635.jpg?v=1767529056","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781565841635","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}