Ahead of his Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ appearance, learn more about Abdulrazak Gurnah and his novel, Afterlives. The story examines how the colony Deutsch-Ostafrika, or German East Africa, ruled with an iron fist in the region, affecting the lives of millions of Africans. It can be read as historical fiction, as an adventure novel, and, ultimately, as a love story.
Sometimes the gestation period for a novel can span decades…