Pilgrims Way
Author: Abdulrazak Gurnah
ISBN: 9781526653475
Price: Rs. 420.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature An extraordinary depiction of the life of an immigrant, as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England________________________Dear Catherine, he began. Here I sit, making a meal out of asking you to dinner. I don't really know how to do it. To have cultural integrity, I would have to send my aunt to speak, discreetly, to your aunt, who would then speak to your mother, who would speak to my mother, who would speak to my father, who would speak to me and then approach your mother, who would then approach you. Demoralised by small persecutions and the squalor and poverty of his life, Daud takes refuge in his imagination. He composes wry, sardonic letters hectoring friends and enemies, and invents a lurid colonial past for every old man he encounters. His greatest solace is cricket and the symbolic defeat of the empire at the hands of the mighty West Indies.Although subject to attacks of bitterness and remorse, his captivating sense of humour never deserts him as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England.
Browse this title within our Fiction & Bestsellers collection. Edition details: English, 288 pages. Reference ISBN: 9781526653475.
About the Author
Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- General Fiction Readers (All Ages)
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9781526653475
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pan-India Delivery
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What is this book about?
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature An extraordinary depiction of the life of an immigrant, as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England________________________Dear Catherine, he began. Here I sit, making a meal out of...
Who should read this book?
Recommended for readers who enjoy Fiction & Bestsellers and are looking for genuine, well-crafted literature by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll be drawn into a deeply moving portrait of displacement, memory, and quiet resilience. Through Daud’s sharp, often wry inner voice, this novel captures the loneliness of immigrant life and the small humiliations that shape identity. Written with emotional precision by a Nobel Prize–winning author, it’s a reflective, humane story that stays with you, inviting you to think about home, history, and the ways imagination helps us survive.
- Published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 288.
Catalog Description
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature An extraordinary depiction of the life of an immigrant, as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England________________________Dear Catherine, he began. Here I sit, making a meal out of asking you to dinner. I don't really know how to do it. To have cultural integrity, I would have to send my aunt to speak, discreetly, to your aunt, who would then speak to your mother, who would speak to my mother, who would speak to my father, who would speak to me and then approach your mother, who would then approach you. Demoralised by small persecutions and the squalor and poverty of his life,...
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