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+ Abdulrazak Gurnah, nobel prize in literature, Theft

“What do these people want with us?”: Tourism in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft”

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When the semester ended, I went to the library to find a few books to read at the start of the summer break before I turned my attention to some projects that I need to complete over the next few months. While there, I picked up Annie Ernaux’s Shame, J.M. Coetzee’s The Pole, Han Kang’s Greek Lessons, and Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft. For a few … Read More “What do these people want with us?”: Tourism in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft”

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+ Angelo Soliman, flights, october revolution 1848, Olga Tokarczuk, Phillip Verheyen

Angelo Soliman’s Importance in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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Talking about the physical body, Dr. Blau, in Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights, says, “It is an outrage that it’s permitted to disintegrate underground, or given to the mercy of flames, burned like rubbish. If it were up to Blau, he would make the world differently — the soul could be mortal, what do we need it for, anyway, but the body would be immortal.” For Blau, … Read More Angelo Soliman’s Importance in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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