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The story moves between different time periods, beginning in 1899 in a small coastal East African town, where a forbidden relationship develops between Martin Pearce, a British visitor, and Rehana, a local woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"865\"\u003eTheir relationship creates consequences that ripple through families and generations, influencing the lives of later characters in both Africa and England. In the modern timeline, the novel follows descendants and related characters who are still affected—often unknowingly—by the legacy of that early colonial encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah uses this multi-generational structure to explore how colonialism continues to shape intimacy, identity, and belonging long after formal empire has ended. 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