Topografie dialogiche nella narrativa di Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abstract

Migrations inside the African continent and between East Africa and Great Britain are at the core of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s fiction. Going beyond the representation of intertwined environments, the British writer born in Zanzibar creates dialogic topographies, also implying intertextual references and metanarrative strategies. The amphibian geographies displayed in Gurnah’s works interact and “dialogue” through the multiple stories told by the characters. In particular, By the Sea (2001) and Gravel Heart (2017) insist on the connections between spaces where past and present meet and show the overcoming of the monologic dimension thanks to storytelling, which has healing power and contributes to shaping dislocated migrant identities.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-196

Keywords: Abdulrazak Gurnah, By the Sea, Gravel Heart, storytelling, topography.

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