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Biographical note
Leila Aboulela was born in Cairo, grew up in Khartoum and moved to Aberdeen in her mid-twenties. She is the author of five novels, Bird Summons, The Translator, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year, The Kindness of Enemies, Minaret and Lyrics Alley, Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards. She was the first winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, and her short story collection, Elsewhere, Home, won the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages and she was longlisted three times for the Orange Prize for Fiction.Captivating … Through a compelling chorus of voices … Aboulela unspools the fraught story of Sudan, as freedom and faith do battle.'
Daily Mail
‘Dazzling … A love story that endures’
New York Times
‘A novel of extraordinary sympathy and insight … a wonderful achievement.’
- Abdulrazak Gurnah, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature,
'River Spirit had me gripped from the first page. This is real history, imagined in splendid detail – a story of ordinary people caught in extraordinary times. River Spirit is a triumph of storytelling.’
- Aminatta Forna,
'Dazzling … A love story that endures.'
- New York Times,
‘A blazing historical epic of war, love, and revolution ... River Spirit is a magnificent novel about the price of unwavering devotion and the inexhaustible pursuit for freedom.'
- LA Review of Books,
‘An evocative and delicately composed historical novel of Sudan.'
- Literary Hub,
‘Aboulela’s writing soars. She joins writers like Maaza Mengiste, Namwali Serpell and Ayesha Haruna Atta in excavating history, breathing life into it and presenting it in a new light. It is so far my best read this year.’
- ’ Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi,
‘Leila Aboulela weaves together strands of Sudan’s history in this fascinating and unforgettable tale. Aboulela uses elegant and poetic prose to create a masterpiece. This is a story that demands to be read.
- Goretti Kyomuhendo,
‘Painted with the words of an artist, this novel is a historical portrait of freedom. Aboulela skilfully draws the uncertain colours of what freedom means to different individuals in a Mahdist Sudan to the last full stop.'
- Zukiswa Wanner,