Reviews round-up
Theft
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
4 of 5 critics positive
8 reviews: 4 positives, 1 pan; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“tightly-plotted excellence”
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review: tightly-plotted excellence
“full of wisdom and free of judgement”
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s lessons in humanity
“elegantly narrated novel from the Nobel laureate”
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah audiobook review – coming-of-age saga in Tanzania
“A Nobel Prize winner offers a compassionate view of the world”
Review | A Nobel Prize winner offers a compassionate view of the world
“all the dynamism of a snail on a hot day”
This novel by a Nobel winner has all the dynamism of a snail on a hot day
Blake Morrison · Swagger for Survival: Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Theft’
'Everyday, ordinary' things drive Nobel Prize-winning author's new novel 'Theft'
Revolution Freed Their Country, and Upended Their Lives (Published 2025)
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