Name: Peponi (in Swahili)
SKU: 56223775
Price: 30.00 EUR
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Author: Abdulrazak Gurnah
ISBN: 9789987449866

Type

Physical Book

Author

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Translated by

Ida Hadjivayanis

Publisher

Mkuki na Nyota Publishers

Language

Swahili

Pages

262

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.9x1.5 cm

Weight

0.26 kg.

ISBN13

9789987449866

Peponi (in Swahili)

Abdulrazak Gurnah (Author) · Ida Hadjivayanis (Translated by) · Mkuki na Nyota Publishers · Paperback

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Synopsis "Peponi (in Swahili)"

Swahili translation of the Nobel-prize winning author's 1994 novel Paradise.Mzaliwa wa Afrika ya Mashariki, Yusuf anaondoka kwao kwa ghafla akiwa na umri wa miaka kumi na mbili. Haimjii hata kwa sekunde moja, kwamba atakuwa mbali na wazazi wake kwa muda mrefu, na wala hafikirii kuuliza atarudi lini au kwa nini safari iliandaliwa kwa ghafla kiasi kile. Yusuf anaamini kuwa anamsindikiza Ami Aziz lakini ukweli ni kwamba 'ami' yake ni Mfanyabiashara, tena tajiri mkubwa, na Yusuf amewekwa rehani ili kulipia madeni ya baba yake. Yusuf anajikuta anasafiri katika miji na vitongoji vingi vingine ambako anakutana na watu wa kila namna. Anabalehe na kukua kwenye dunia inayobadilika kwa kasi kutokana na kuingia kwa ukoloni na udhalimu wake na jamii kuharibika kwa kuvurugwa kwa utamaduni wake. Hii ni tafsiri ya kwanza kwa riwaya za Abdulrazak Gurnah katika lugha ya Kiafrika.Abdulrazak Gurnah ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Nobel ya Fasihi ya mwaka 2021. Ameandika riwaya kumi ikiwemo hii ya paradise. Gurnah ni Profesa wa Masomo ya Kiingereza na Fasihi za Kikoloni katika Chuo Kikuu cha Kent.Dkt. Ida Hadjivayanis ni Mhadhiri Mwandamizi wa Masomo ya Kiswahili SOAS, Chuo kikuu cha London. Ametafsiri riwaya kadhaa kwa Kiswahili na Kiingereza.

Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Abdulrazak Gurnah, born in Zanzibar in 1948, is a Tanzanian novelist who writes in English and has been living in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. His work focuses on themes such as colonialism, displacement, and the refugee experience. Among his most notable novels are "Paradise" (1994), "By the Sea" (2001), and "Desertion" (2005). In 2021, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "unflinching and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee".

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