Admiring silence
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London : Bloomsbury, 2021.
ISBN
9781526653451, 1526653451
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Published
London : Bloomsbury, 2021.
Format
Book
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249 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781526653451, 1526653451

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Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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"A "corrosively funny and relentless" (The New York Times) tale of cultural identity and displacement, Admiring Silence is the story of a man's dual lives as a refugee from his native Zanzibar in England. The unnamed narrator of this dazzling novel thinks, as he escapes from Zanzibar, that he will probably never return, and yet the dream of studying in England matters above that. Things do not happen quite as he imagined - the school where he teaches is cramped and violent, he forgets how it feels to belong. But there is Emma, beautiful, rebellious Emma, who turns away from her white, middle-class roots to offer him love and bear him a child. And in return he spins stories of his home and keeps her a secret from his family. Twenty years later, when the barriers at last come down in Zanzibar, he is able and compelled to go back. What he discovers there, in a story potent with truth, will change the entire vision of his life."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gurnah, A. (2021). Admiring silence . Bloomsbury.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-. 2021. Admiring Silence. Bloomsbury.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-. Admiring Silence Bloomsbury, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Admiring Silence Bloomsbury, 2021.

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