The last gift. Gurna A.

Abbas never spoke about his past. About what was before he became a sailor. Before he met her beloved woman Mariam. Before he was healed with a calm life. All this "before" is shrouded in gloomy silence. Wife and children are tired of asking questions.

But now, after a stroke, he is chained to bed. And the time has come to tell what happened and why he was silent.

the novel of the English writer of the Tanzani origin of Abdulrazak Gurna - the Nobel Laureate in the literature of 2021.