"One of the most well-known postcolonial writers in the world... He has constantly and compassionately probed colonialism's impacts and how they affect those who are uprooted and moving. Chairman of the Nobel Committee Anders Olsson The lecture entitled "Writing" by Abdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Literature, will be presented in London on December 7, 2021. It examines his coming-of-age, his early experiences in 1960s Britain, the narratives of oceans, his lifelong love of reading, and the ability of writing to challenge the myths that have been handed down to us in this collection of three further essays. This book, which is generous, humorous, and insightful, serves as the ideal introduction to the storyteller who has been called "one of Africa's most important living writers" and whose work now spans four continents.