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A review by abroadwell
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
4.0
Such an unusual book -- it transports us into an East African world just at the start of European colonialism. I found myself alternately charmed, transported, and somewhat mystified by what was happening in the book.
Thumbs up for giving a clear picture of the far from ideal world of early 1800s Tanganyika, where boys work in near slavery to pay the debts of their fathers and extremely precarious expeditions to the interior lead to both riches and ruin. And thumbs up the also for the frank discussions of the homoerotic elements of men journeying together on caravans.
Thumbs up for giving a clear picture of the far from ideal world of early 1800s Tanganyika, where boys work in near slavery to pay the debts of their fathers and extremely precarious expeditions to the interior lead to both riches and ruin. And thumbs up the also for the frank discussions of the homoerotic elements of men journeying together on caravans.