Gravel heart
Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Gravel heart - London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018 - 261p. pbk. 21cm
For seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe – his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons – seem unshakeable.
But it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/gravel-heart-9781408881309/
9781526603692
Tanzanians
England--London
Tanzania--Zanzibar
Politics and government
Absentee fathers
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation
English fiction--Black authors
823.914 / GUR
Gravel heart - London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018 - 261p. pbk. 21cm
For seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe – his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons – seem unshakeable.
But it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/gravel-heart-9781408881309/
9781526603692
Tanzanians
England--London
Tanzania--Zanzibar
Politics and government
Absentee fathers
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation
English fiction--Black authors
823.914 / GUR
