Book Club reading guide: By the Sea

This guide is designed for participants in the Stories from the South Book Club to enrich their reading ahead of the April event discussing Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel By the Sea

Stories from the South: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah

The Stories from the South Book Club will conclude in April with a discussion of Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah’s sixth novel, By the Sea.

Bob Dylan - described by one member of the Nobel Academy as "probably the greatest living poet". Photo: EPA

Bob Dylan becomes first singer to win Nobel Prize for Literature

Bob Dylan, regarded as the voice of a generation for his influential songs from the 1960s onwards, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in a surprise decision that made him the only singer-songwriter to win the award.