LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles Foden'Exquisite' Telegraph'A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer' Philippe Sands'To read Afterlives is to be returned to the joy of storytelling' Aminatta Forna'Effortlessly compelling storytelling ... You forget that you are reading fiction, it feels so real' Leila AboulelaRestless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.Hamza was not stolen, but was sold; he has come of age in the army, at the right hand of an officer whose control has ensured his protection but marked him for life. Hamza does not have words for how the war ended for him. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, however humble, and security - and the beautiful Afiya.The century is young. The Germans and the British and the French and the Belgians and whoever else have drawn their maps and signed their treaties and divided up Africa. As they seek complete dominion they are forced to extinguish revolt after revolt by the colonised. The conflict in Europe opens another arena in east Africa where a brutal war devastates the landscape.As these interlinked friends and survivors come and go, live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.
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Afterlives
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles Foden'Exquisite' Telegraph'A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer' Philippe Sands'To read Afterlives is to be returned to the joy of storytelling' Aminatta Forna'Effortlessly compelling storytelling ... You forget that you are reading fiction, it feels so real' Leila AboulelaRestless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.Hamza was not stolen, but was sold; he has come of age in the army, at the right hand of an officer whose control has ensured his protection but marked him for life. Hamza does not have words for how the war ended for him. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, however humble, and security - and the beautiful Afiya.The century is young. The Germans and the British and the French and the Belgians and whoever else have drawn their maps and signed their treaties and divided up Africa. As they seek complete dominion they are forced to extinguish revolt after revolt by the colonised. The conflict in Europe opens another arena in east Africa where a brutal war devastates the landscape.As these interlinked friends and survivors come and go, live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.
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Rezension von HannaLetztes Jahr habe ich „Paradise“ von Abdulrazak Gurnah gelesen und war begeistert. Nun habe ich „Afterlives“ als Hörbuch gehört, ohne dass mir zunächst bewusst war, dass dieser Roman als inoffizielle Fortsetzung von „Paradise“ gelesen werden kann, da die Geschichte des Protagonisten Hamza nahezu identisch ist und chronologisch dort einsetzt, wo sie bei „Paradise“ aufhört. Das war eine sehr schöne Überraschung für mich, da ich damals ein wenig traurig war, dass man nicht erfährt, wie es dem Protagonisten weiter ergeht. Zunächst ist es mir allerdings nicht ganz leicht gefallen, den Überblick über die zahlreichen Protagonist:innen und ihre Beziehungen zu behalten – da ich eher ein visueller Typ bin, fällt mir das beim Hören jedoch erfahrungsgemäß immer etwas schwerer. Die Geschichte macht auch ein paar Wendungen und wir lernen einige Personen kennen, bevor wir schlussendlich beim Hauptprotagonisten Hamza und seiner Geschichte landen. Trotz seiner moderaten Länge ist in diesem Roman wahnsinnig viel enthalten und die Handlung erstreckt sich über einen relativ langen Zeitraum. Dadurch lernt man wirklich einiges über die Geschichte Deutsch-Ostafrikas und am Ende wird auch der Umgang mit den ehemaligen Kolonien während der Nazi-Zeit in Deutschland thematisiert. Ein spannendes, lehrreiches Buch, das ich allen, die historische Romane mögen, sehr empfehlen kann!