An Island
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- Synopsis
- LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE'Moving, transfixing' BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES'Absorbing...powerful' Catherine Taylor, GUARDIANA young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer under colonisers, then fight for independence, only to fall under the rule of a cruel dictator; and he recalls his own part in its history.In this new man’s presence he begins to consider, as he did in his youth, what is meant by land and to whom it should belong. To what lengths will a person go in order to ensure that what is theirs will not be taken from them?
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 185 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9789389104226
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Date of Addition:
- 02/01/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Karen Jennings
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.