Afterlives

Experience the Nobel Prize-winning brilliance of Abdulrazak Gurnah in *Afterlives*, a profound historical novel set in East Africa. As German colonial troops sweep through the region, lives are irrevocably altered. Ilyas, stolen from his parents as a child, returns years later to find his family gone and his sister, Afiya, living in servitude. Meanwhile, Hamza, a young man scarred by his service in the Schutztruppe, seeks a place to belong. As their lives intersect in the shadow of war, Gurnah weaves a rich, multi-generational tapestry of love, loss, and the enduring legacy of colonialism. A quiet, devastating masterpiece that demands to be read.