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The masterpiece of Gurner, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize long list and the Los Angeles Times Book Award short list. Revenge and forgiveness, two lonely and cold hearts, two helpless and desperate strangers completed their respective redemptions of blood and tears in Western civilization. Specially included is the unabridged translation of Gurna's award-winning speech, giving a glimpse into the secrets of growth and writing that span two continents and blend with multiple civilizations. "By the Sea" is one of the masterpieces of the 2021 Nobel Prize writer Gurner. It was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize long list and the Los Angeles Times Book Award short list. The novel tells the story of Saleh Omar, a middle-aged man who came to the UK from Zanzibar to seek political asylum at the end of the 20th century. After arriving in the UK, Omar was arranged to live temporarily in a seaside town. Because he used the name of his former hometown enemy Rajeb Sherbon when entering the country, his son Latif actually came to visit him, which triggered the grudges between the two families. Living together in a foreign country that was riddled with hostility, Omar and Latif opened their hearts and recalled the family grudges of the year. The truth gradually emerged and the two finally reached a reconciliation. The novel uses flashbacks, interludes and other methods to explain the reasons why the protagonist Omar left his hometown, which leads to various memories, ranging from family feuds to Zanzibar's colonial independence history. The constant changes in narrative angles, the overlapping of memories and forgetting, form Gurna's unique narrative art. "By the Sea" demonstrates Gulner's deep concern for the situation of refugees, especially those caught between different cultures.

"Gulna Collection·Volume 1" contains five important works by Abdulrazaq Gulna, a Tanzanian British writer and winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. As a writer who has long paid attention to groups living in cultural mezzanines, Gurner draws from his own immigrant experience and has insights into many important issues such as identity, ethnic conflict, and historical writing in his works. The five novels included in this set include "Paradise", "In Praise of Silence", "By the Sea", "The Last Gift" and "Afterlife". The creation time extends from the 1990s to the present. The living conditions in the post-colonial era shown in them are considered to have important social reality significance.

Gurner, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, pays tribute to Shakespeare's work. I can't go back to my hometown, and I can't leave this city behind. Where is my home? Ordinary people who are helpless in turbulent times have nothing but their broken hearts. The protagonist Selim lives with his parents and uncle Amir in a house full of secrets. One day, Selim's father moved out of the house, but his mother kept silent about it, and then started a new family with a strange man. Selim cannot understand his father's choice and is ashamed of his silence. After graduating from high school, Selim was taken to London by his uncle who became a senior diplomat. However, the noise and coldness of this city left him at a loss and he could only survive in endless loneliness. After his mother's death, Selim returns to his hometown to try to unearth the secrets that are tearing his family apart. Eventually he had to face the pain of those closest to him, and the truth nearly destroyed him.

The first novel by Gurna, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, is about a loveless family, a hopeless future, a fruitless first love, and an endless sea. Every sad young man has to say goodbye to a miserable past life. The protagonist of the story, Hassan Omar, was born into a poor Arab-Muslim family in the seaside town of Kenge. His father, Omar, was bohemian, alcoholic, and cruel; his mother was cowardly and tolerant, accepting the cruel abuse of her husband almost fatally; his elder brother, Saeed, was naughty and unruly, and died unexpectedly in a fire when he was six years old. The country's independence brought social unrest and a betrayal of the promise of freedom. The new government is worried about the brain drain and has delayed announcing the results of the high school graduation examination. Unable to get a scholarship, Hassan came to Nairobi to seek refuge with his wealthy uncle Ahmed, hoping to get back the family inheritance his mother deserved. There he discovers a larger world, but soon peels back the veil of his idyllic life and sees the corruption and hypocrisy that pervades this modern African city. The hazy love with his cousin Salma ignited Hassan's hope for life, but the ugly reality will soon surface along with an unbearable family secret...

The masterpiece of Gurna, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, reproduces the growth path of a young man in his hometown without a filter, and post-colonially writes about the journey of several generations of immigrants in their previous lives in search of a dream paradise. The unabridged translation of the Nobel Prize speech gives a glimpse into the secrets of growth and writing that span two continents and blend with multiple civilizations. The story takes place in Zanzibar, East Africa, which was under the shadow of German colonization a hundred years ago. This is an ancient land where multiple civilizations blend and multiple religions coexist. The boy Yusuf was mortgaged by his father to the businessman Aziz to pay off his debt. Since then, he has traveled to foreign lands with the caravan and experienced the difficulties of survival. He is confused by the unpredictable nature of Aziz, the guide in his coming-of-age ceremony; he is curious about the sobs and whispers of the mad woman who is locked deep behind the garden; he is obsessed with the towering cliff like a wall of flames during the journey, which is like the door to heaven, opening his eyes: Should he endure humiliation and live quietly, holding on to a small shop and become a small shopkeeper, or should he become as strong as iron in a cruel world and find a paradise for the poor with gardens and fountains, and more freedom and dignity? "Paradise" was published in 1994 and is one of Gurner's masterpieces. The author uses the unworldly and unfiltered perspective of a young man to embed a boy's growth story in the context of social turmoil and historical changes. By writing about the past lives of a generation of immigrants, the author "strives to preserve that memory and retrieve those moments and stories that people rely on to live and understand themselves."

The 2021 Nobel Prize winner Gurnar's blockbuster new work in 2020 represents his latest creative achievement, the gathering, dispersion, joys and sorrows on a lost continent, a legendary epic for generations. The unabridged translation of the Nobel Prize speech gives a glimpse into the secrets of growth and writing that span two continents and blend with multiple civilizations. The story of "Afterlife" took place in Africa more than a hundred years ago. As a child, Elias was abducted by German colonial troops off the coast of East Africa. After many years away from home, Ilyas returned to his village and learned that his parents had passed away long ago and that his sister Afia was living under the care of others, claiming to be adopted, but in fact she was abused like a slave. Hamza also returns from the battlefield, physically and mentally scarred, with almost nothing - until he meets the beautiful and brave Afia. As these young people live, work and love, their destinies are closely linked. At this moment, the shadow of war is approaching again, and relatives who have been reunited after going through hardships are once again facing separation.