Read This: Zanzibar Is Still Home for Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian-born, London-based author Abdulrazak Gurnah was midway through writing his latest novel, Theft, when he received a call letting him know he’d won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. After more than a year of events and literary obligations, he finally returned to Theft, with more enthusiasm than ever. This week, Michael sits down with Abdulrazak to discuss his writing, the phenomenon of tourism and his latest book.

Reading list:

Paradise, Abdulrazak Gurnah, 1994
By the Sea, Abdulrazak Gurnah, 2001
Desertion, Abdulrazak Gurnah, 2005
Theft, Abdulrazak Gurnah, 2025
Eurotrash, Christian Kracht, 2024

You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store.

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