Admiring Silence

Cover for 'Admiring Silence'

About this book

Blending myths and reality, this is the story of a man's escape from his native Zanzibar to come to England to build a new life, and his subsequent return to his homeland. It is a story of cultural identity and displacement.

Publishers

  • Original publisher English: Penguin
  • English (North America): The New Press
  • Danish: Samleren
  • German: Edition Kappa
  • Norwegian: Aschehoug
  • Spanish: El Aleph

About the author & agent

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