Dottie (novel) explained

Author:	Abdulrazak Gurnah
Language:	English
Published:	1990
Publisher:	Jonathan Cape
Preceded By:	Pilgrims Way
Followed By:	Paradise

Dottie is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah published by Jonathan Cape in 1990.^[1] It is Gurnah's third novel.

Unlike most of Gurnah's protagonists, the eponymous Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour, who is born in Leeds, England, is not from Zanzibar. Dottie grows up poor, in a family of "ambiguously mixed origins". The novel describes her struggle to serve as a parent for her brother and sister after her mother dies.

Dottie alludes to the works of Charles Dickens, particularly David Copperfield and Great Expectations.

Sources

• Ajulu-Okungu. Anne. 2014-10-02. Power and Sociality of Food and Drink in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie and Pilgrim's Way. Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies. en. 1. 3-4. 130–139. 10.1080/23277408.2015.1053702. 2327-7408.
• Bungaro. Monica. July 2005. Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie: A Narrative of (Un)Belonging. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. en. 36. 3-4. 1920-1222.
• Lewis. Simon. May 2013. Postmodern Materialism in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie: Intertextuality as Ideological Critique of Englishness. English Studies in Africa. en. 56. 1. 39–50. 10.1080/00138398.2013.780680. 0013-8398.

Notes and References

1. Book: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/gurnah-abdulrazak-1948. Gurnah, Abdulrazak S.. Palmisano. Joseph M.. Contemporary Authors. 2007. Gale. 978-1-4144-1017-3. 507351992. 134–136. 153. 0275-7176.