Paradise
British and Tanzanian novelist, born 1948.
Paradise is a 1994 novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994.
In historical fiction, coming of age
On 2 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Abdulrazak Gurnah
- First published
- 1994
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1994
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Empire and colonialism, Coming of age, Adventure
Is Paradise worth reading?
2 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1994) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Paradise
The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Paperbacks paperback (2004), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780747573999
How critics, prizes and readers rate Paradise
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 22% of the points available on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work