<p>'A story of love and faith all the more moving for the restraint with which it is written' </p>

- J.M. Coetzee,

<p>'A lyrical journey about exile, loss and love... poetry in motion' </p>

The Sunday Times

<p>'An exceptionally well-crafted and beautifully written novel' </p>

The Guardian

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<p>'She pulls you into her world as she refracts British life, its smells and sounds, its advertisements and turns of phrase' </p>

Independent

<p>'A subtle investigation into the meaning of exile and home, doubt and fait, loss and love. Leila Aboulela's writing is always beautifully observed, her voice one of restrained lyricism: she is a writer of rare and original talent'</p>

- Duncan McLean,

The Translator is a story about love, both human and divine. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Following the sudden death of her husband and estrangement from her young son, she drifts – grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other.  'Aboulela is a wonderfully poetic writer ... It is a pleasure to read a novel so full of feeling and yet  so serene' – The Guardian
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Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other.
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'A story of love and faith all the more moving for the restraint with which it is written' 

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781846970801
Publisert
2008-05-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Vekt
194 gr
Høyde
195 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

Forfatter

Biographical note

Leila Aboulela was born in 1964, grew up in Khartoum and moved to the UK in her twenties to study at the London School of Economics. In 1992, while living in Aberdeen with two young children and a husband working offshore, Leila found comfort through writing about her home city. She attended creative-writing workshops which helped to broaden her reading and introduced her to Scottish writers. Her last novel Minaret, published by Bloomsbury, was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Leila Aboulela now lives in Abu Dhabi and is currently working on her third novel.