Raj with delivery to Ireland

A multilayered, unexpected and beautiful story of an Africa we do not know, by a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Yusuf is twelve years old, and the boundaries of his world are set by his family home and the hotel run by his father. That is, until his uncle Aziz – a travelling merchant and shop owner – arrives for another visit. The boy sets off with his uncle on a journey that, though with interruptions, will last many years. Yusuf does not know this yet. Nor does he have any idea that he has been sold to settle debts and that his carefree childhood has just come to an end. This journey is not only a passage across an unfamiliar land, but also a voyage into the self, which becomes a universal story of growing up and the search for identity.

There is something remarkably natural and noble in Abdulrazak Gurnah's prose, something that reaches the fundamental ambition of literature: to tell human life as honestly as possible and to share that story with others. His books build a community based on deep compassion and participation in what we call human fate, regardless of place of residence, culture or language.
Olga Tokarczuk

Raj stands alongside Miłosz's Zniewolony umysł or Mann's Czarodziejska Góra, warning of the evil that lies within human beings. A fascinating story.
Wojciech Szot