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Paradise

European colonialism • The New Press • ISBN 9781565841635

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Paradise

European colonialism • The New Press • ISBN-13 9781565841635

ISBN-10 1565841638 • 1995

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ISBN 9781565841635 • Completeness 51

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Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of traditional African patterns by European colonialism. It presents a major African voice to American readers - a voice that prompted Peter Tinniswood to write in the London Times, reviewing Gurnah's previous novel, "Mr.

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Publisher: The New Press
1995
Pages: 256

Catalog notes

Contributor: European colonialism

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Category: 19th CenturyCategory: Africa/AfricanCategory: Colonialism In AfricaCategory: Coming Of AgeCategory: East African HistoryCategory: FatherhoodCategory: Historical FictionCategory: HistoryCategory: East Africa

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