1/2 Two parallel lives, compared for the first time here.
#Abdulrazak #Gurnah:
1948: born in Zanzibar to migrant parents from Yemen.
1967: flees the Revolution to SE England (Kent) with brother.
1985: becomes a lecturer at the University of Kent.
1987: publishes first novel.
1991: publishes first scholarly article.
2021: wins Nobel Prize for Literature.