Description
In an unnamed African country, a young Muslim man’s hunger for education collides with the limits of family, class, and circumstance. As he comes of age, he reaches toward opportunity—seeking help from a wealthy uncle in Nairobi—only to find that promises can be as fragile as they are persuasive. Forced to navigate hardship, disappointment, and the pull of a wider world, he ultimately departs aboard a cargo ship, carrying with him the memories that shaped his choices. With its intimate, realist storytelling and Gurnah’s early-career clarity, the novel explores migration, moral endurance, and the enduring tension between aspiration and survival.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published Jan 1, 2016
209 pages
ISBN: 9781408883983
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Details
First Published
1987
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah.