Book 2013
Magic of saida
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- Publisher
- Vintage
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Promises
- Man-woman relationships
- Fiction
- Fiction, romance, general
- Man-woman relationships, fiction
Two-time Giller Prize winner Vassanji returns to the rich and haunting world of his most acclaimed, prize-winning novels, the East African coast. The haunting story of Kamal, a successful Canadian doctor who, in middle age and after decades in North America, decides to return to his homeland of East Africa to find his childhood sweetheart, Saida. Kamal's journey is motivated by a combination of guilt, hope, and the desire to unravel the mysteries of his childhood.