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Author Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- author. Title Paradise / Abdulrazak Gurnah. Publisher New York : The New Press, [1994] ©1994 Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Hurley adult fiction F GUR AVAILABLE Descript 246 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm Note "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton in 1994"--Title page verso. Summary The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization. Subject Father and child -- Africa, East -- 19th century -- Fiction. Slave trade -- Africa, East -- 19th century -- Fiction. Colonies -- Africa -- 19th century -- Fiction. Teenage boys -- Fiction. Boys -- Africa -- Fiction. Imperialism -- Fiction. Muslims -- Fiction. Colonies -- Fiction. Africa, East -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction. Tanzania -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. Africa -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- Fiction. Genre Historical fiction. ISBN/ISSN 9781565841635 (paperback) 1565841638 (paperback)
