Das Blaue Sofa: Abdulrazak Gurnah - Nobel Prize 2021
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Abdulrazak Gurnah - "Theft" (Diebstahl)
Moderation: Nathalie Jacoby (Centre National de Littérature)
What are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves?
It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people – Karim, Fauzia, and Badar – are coming of age, 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. Brought 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. But as the three 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.
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. He is the author of ten novels: "Memory of Departure", "Pilgrims Way", "Dottie, Paradise", "Admiring Silence", "By the Sea, Desertion" (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize), "The Last Gift", "Gravel Heart", and "Afterlives". He was Professor of English at the University of Kent and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.
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The talk is suitable for English-speaking audiences. Tickets: €10 | €5 (<26 years) | €1.50 (Kulturpass). Organizer: Institut Pierre Werner, Bertelsmann. Support: RTL Lëtzebuerg, neimënster. For further details, visit www.ipw.lu.
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