The last gift
The last giftAbdulrazak Gurnah

The last gift (2011)

Abdulrazak Gurnah

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"Abbas has never told anyone about his past--before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a Boots in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life in Norwich with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him bedbound and unable to speak about things he thought he would one day have to."--

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9781620403280
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288 pages

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