Euryclea's Greeting: Literary and Linguistic Palimpsests in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Oeuvre.

The article focuses on the intertextuality and linguistic complexity in author, Abdulrazak Gurnah's novels. It discusses Gurnah's background as a native speaker of Kiswahili growing up in Malindi, where he was exposed to a cosmopolitan mix of languages and cultures. It further explores how Gurnah's upbringing, which included exposure to Arabic, Kiswahili, and English, influenced his writing style and the incorporation of diverse narratives in his novels.