Abdi Latif Dahir Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Abdi Latif Dahir

For @nytimesbooks, I spoke with Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo ahead of the release of her second novel next week. The book, “Glory,” (from @vikingbooks) uses a cast of animals to tell the story a nation on the cusp of revolution. 📸: @ZinyangePhoto https://t.co/xD53gEBt3s

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Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian writer of books including "Afterlives" & "Paradise," is the 2021 @NobelPrize literature laureate “for his uncompromising & compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism & the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures & continents”

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Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian writer of books including "Afterlives" & "Paradise," is the 2021 @NobelPrize literature laureate “for his uncompromising & compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism & the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures & continents”

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“He is a master and one of Africa’s greatest living writers. He will now be published and read all over the world”: After Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, publishers scrambled to accommodate the wide interest in his books. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/books/abdulrazak-gurnah-nobel-prize-literature-afterlives.html

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“You’d better ask me that tomorrow, because my nerves have kind of gone numb. I truly didn’t expect to be standing here”: Damon Galgut wins @TheBookerPrizes for his novel ‘The Promise.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/books/booker-prize-winner-damon-galgut-the-promise.html?smid=tw-share

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At once relatable — and revolutionary. ... "Sex Lives” has sparked a debate across the region and the African diaspora. ... “This book captures our collective story of sexual liberation,” said Felogene Anumo ... “It captures our experiences of pain and pleasure ...

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I have memorized so many Joan Didion lines from her novels and essay collections. But it’s the first line from “The Year of Magical Thinking” that stays with me. It goes: “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”