Nobel Prize–Winning Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah is Set to Release a New Novel Titled ‘Theft’
The 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah will release his twelfth book titled Theft on March 18, 2025.
Abdulrazak Gurnah, known for tackling issues of identity through storytelling, has written a new novel. It follows the intertwined lives of three people–Karim, Fauzia, and Badar–at the turn of the 21st century in Tanzania.
‘At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after university with new swagger and ambition. Fauzia glimpses in him a chance at escape from a smothering upbringing. The two of them offer a haven to Badar, a poor boy still unsure if the future holds anything for him at all. As tourism, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils reach their quiet corner of the world, bringing, each arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.‘
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The book has been described as ‘A tightly constructed family drama with surprising complications’. It will be the first novel the 76-year-old author has published since he won the 2021 Nobel Prize. His other works include Afterlives, Gravel Hearts, and Pilgrims.
Riverhead Books is the publisher of Theft. You can Preorder your copy from the official website.
