Abdulrazak Gurnah: accidental author and voice of displaced

Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian-born author.

What you need to know:

  • Gurnah's 1996 work "Admiring Silence" recounts the tale of a young man who returns to Zanzibar 20 years after leaving for England, where he married an Englishwoman and worked as a teacher.