{"product_id":"9781526678645","title":"Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature","description":"Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526678645\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Selected as a Book of the Summer 2025 by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Economist \u003c\/i\u003eand the BBC\u003ci\u003e**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Selected as a book of the year 2025 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Storytelling mastery' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e piece of great, satisfying storytelling to lose yourself in\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Samantha Harvey, \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The reader can only rejoice at Gurnah's skill in giving us the whole of a life in such nimble scenes' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Another glittering tapestry of a novel from a master storyteller of our times' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people     Karim, Fauzia and Badar     are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibilities in their young nation. But for Badar, an uneducated servant boy who has never known his parents, it seems as if all doors are closed. \u003cbr\u003eBrought into a lowly position in a great house in Dar es Salaam, Badar finds the first true home of his life     and the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. Even when a shattering false accusation sees Badar sent away, Karim and Fauzia refuse to turn away from their friend. \u003cbr\u003eBut as the three of them take their first steps in love, infatuation, work and parenthood, their bond is tested     and Karim is tempted into a betrayal that will change all of their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In reading this wise new novel, we the readers become a bit more ready to understand what it means to be human' Elif Shafak, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Storytelling mastery, at once coming-of-age chamber piece and wide-angled post-colonial panorama   - narrated in a quicksilver style that gives you the pleasurable sense that you're putty in the hands of a warm yet clear-eyed authorial intelligence' Observer\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643224215710,"sku":"UBD-9781526678645","price":48.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526678645.jpg?v=1774484641","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526678645","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}