In Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft” (Riverhead, 304 pages, $30), a Tanzanian servant named Badar is listening to an anecdote being ...

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Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft” is an understated yet successful portrayal of life in turn of the century Tanzania.

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Theft, the Nobel Prize winner’s new novel, is full of wisdom and free of judgement.

Following his multi-generational, statement-making novel Afterlives, Abdulrazak Gurnah's new book Theft is a quieter, more intimate look at... 'Everyday, ordinary' things drive Nobel Prize-winning ...

Theft is Abdulrazak Gurnah’s first novel since being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. At the time, the Swedish ...

In Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft,” a Tanzanian servant named Badar is listening to an anecdote being told by an older friend, the house’s gardener. Impatient with the gardener’s digressions ...