Afterlives, by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Riverhead, Aug. 23)
Gurnah, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, often deals with themes of exile and displacement in his writing. His latest novel, set in East Africa under German rule in the 1900s, follows three characters: Ilyas, who joins the German troops; his sister, Afiya, who is raised by his best friend after he leaves; and Hamza, another former soldier who returns from the war and falls in love with Afiya.
