Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Afterlives by Abdulrazak GurnahWhile he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war against his own people, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away. Another young man returns at the same time. Hamza was not stolen for the war, but sold into it; he has grown up at the right hand of an officer whose protection has marked him life. With nothing but the clothes

The Fellowship is scattered

at his side is Christopher Keller

idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence

they will see more and more clearly that they are supported in all they do

who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos

The book is enriched by insights and judgements such as only he could make

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence

Equally adept at putting together the pieces of a marriage or the fragments of a murder mystery

etc is a compelling exploration of contemporary love and its betrayals

civil wars have increased

but for Emeline Vane the cold Norfolk fens only are haunted by memories of those she has lost

But are we so clear on what to do if it is our mental rather than physical condition that needs attention