Dottie (novel)
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| Author | Abdulrazak Gurnah |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 1990 |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Preceded by | Pilgrims Way |
| Followed by | Paradise |
Dottie is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah published by Jonathan Cape in 1990.[1] It is Gurnah's third novel.[2]
Unlike most of Gurnah's protagonists, the eponymous Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour, who is born in Leeds, England,[3] is not from Zanzibar.[4][3] Dottie grows up poor,[5] in a family of "ambiguously mixed origins".[3] The novel describes her struggle to serve as a parent for her brother and sister after her mother dies.[6]
Dottie alludes to the works of Charles Dickens, particularly David Copperfield and Great Expectations.[7]
