Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar and teaches at the University of Kent.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Memory of Departure (1987)
Pilgrims Way (1988)
Dottie (1990)
Paradise (1994)
Admiring Silence (1996)
By the Sea (2001)
Desertion (2005)
The Last Gift (2011)
Gravel Heart (2017)
Afterlives (2020)
Pilgrims Way (1988)
Dottie (1990)
Paradise (1994)
Admiring Silence (1996)
By the Sea (2001)
Desertion (2005)
The Last Gift (2011)
Gravel Heart (2017)
Afterlives (2020)
Collections
Non fiction
Omnibus editions
Awards
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Abdulrazak Gurnah recommends

Beyond the Door of No Return (2023)
David Diop
"I read Beyond the Door of No Return with pleasure and admiration. David Diop has opened up a new way of thinking about the eighteenth century and its hideous cruelties."

River Spirit (2023)
Leila Aboulela
"A novel of extraordinary sympathy and insight...a wonderful achievement.'"
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