Author(s)

Qiao Han ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Qiao Han

ABSTRACT

In the current global context, immigration has emerged as a significant issue. With the deepening progress of globalization, diasporic movement between counties has gained increasing prominence, leading to scholarly focus on the thoughts and emotional expressions of refugee displacement and its impact on immigrants. In The Last Gift, Abdulrazak Gurnah presents a panoramic depiction of the marginalized peripheral characters, Family Abbas, expressing his concern about the global production of disposable lives in the new world order. The novel portrays a shared, co-existing life by illustrating relationships between isolated yet interdependent characters, offering an alternative human organizational form, which has responsibility for not dislodging "others". Additionally, Gurnah captures the inherent contradiction between the urgent need for commonality in the world and its unattainability, highlighting root of the wandering lives lies in the impossible of constructing "a community". And this serves as a reminder for readers to continue giving these restless lives profound and constant attention.

KEYWORDS

Imagination of Community, The Last Gift, Wasted Life, Singularity, Death

CITE THIS PAPER

Qiao Han, The Last Gift: The Imaginative Immigrants' Community of Abdulrazak Gurna. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2025) Vol. 8: 74-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2025.080211.

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