Read This: Zanzibar Is Still Home for Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian-born, London-based author Abdulrazak Gurnah was midway through writing his latest novel, Theft , when he received a call letting him know he’d won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. After more than a year of events and literary obligations, he finally returned to Theft , with more enthusiasm than ever. On this episode of Read This , Michael sits down with Abdulrazak to discuss his writing, the phenomenon of tourism and his latest book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.