The Gunny Sack

Name: The Gunny Sack
Author: M.G. Vassanji

by M.G. Vassanji

Multigenerational East African family saga centered on a mystical cloth bag

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About the author

M.G. Vassanji

Kenyan-Canadian novelist whose literary fiction explores the Indian diaspora in East Africa and beyond. The Book of Secrets won the Giller Prize. He is one of the most celebrated writers about the South Asian experience in East Africa.

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AmriikaNovel exploring immigration and cultural displacement through intertwined personal stories
The In-Between World of Vikram LallTale of an East African man navigating political upheaval and moral ambiguity
A Place WithinMemoir exploring the author's spiritual journey and connection to ancestral places