Afterlives

Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021.

Ilyas, stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops, returns to his village after many years to find his parents gone and his sister Afiya given away. Hamza has come of age in the army, serving an officer whose control ensured his protection but marked him for life. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, security, and Afiya.