{"product_id":"gravel-heart-by-the-winner-of-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature","title":"Gravel Heart: By the Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature","description":"From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal.\n\nSalim has always known that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he is a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors. It is the 1970s and Zanzibar is changing. Tourists arrive, the island's white sands obscuring the memory of recent conflict--the longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution. When his father moves out, retreating into disheveled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother does not discuss the change, nor does she explain her absences with a strange man; silence is layered on silence.\n\nWhen glamorous Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, the lonely teenager travels to London for college. But nothing has prepared him for the biting cold and seething crowds of this hostile city. Struggling to find a foothold, and to understand the darkness at the heart of his family, he must face devastating truths about those closest to him--and about love, sex, and power. Evoking the immigrant experience with unsentimental precision and profound understanding, Gravel Heart is a powerfully affecting story of isolation, identity, belonging, and betrayal, and Abdulrazak Gurnah's most astonishing achievement.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 163973001X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.163973001X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gurnah, Abdulrazak\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140100784189,"sku":"BVV.163973001X.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/163973001X-0.jpg?v=1777499072","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/gravel-heart-by-the-winner-of-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}