Abdulrazak Gurnah Anthologies books in order

Reading order

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s editorial work includes two anthologies of African short fiction. The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011) is a broad collection that draws together writers from across the continent, presenting a snapshot of African literary fiction in the early 21st century. Road Stories (2012) takes a more focused approach, collecting stories organized around themes of travel and displacement.

Both anthologies reflect Gurnah’s long career as a professor of English literature at the University of Kent, where he taught postcolonial writing for decades. His selections for these volumes show the same sensitivity to voice and place that characterizes his own fiction, and they serve as useful introductions to the wider landscape of contemporary African literature.