Leila Aboulela's schrijfwerk duikt in de complexiteit van identiteit en menselijke connecties, waarbij ze vaak de ervaringen onderzoekt van degenen die de Afrikaanse diaspora navigeren. Haar proza wordt gekenmerkt door een lyrische stijl en diepgaand psychologisch inzicht in personages die zich tussen verschillende culturen en tradities bevinden. Ze onderzoekt thema's als geloof, migratie en de zoektocht naar verbondenheid met gevoeligheid en begrip. Aboulela's verhalen vangen vaak de spanning tussen moderniteit en gewoonte, en laten de lezer achter met een blijvend gevoel van contemplatie.
Their fortune threatened by shifting powers in Sudan and their heir's debilitating accident, a powerful family under the leadership of Mahmoud Bey is torn between the traditional and modern values of Mahmoud's two wives and his son's efforts to break with cultural limits.
The new novel from three times Orange Prize longlisted Leila Aboulela Natasha Wilson knows how difficult it is to fit in. Born to a Russian mother and a Muslim father, she feels adrift in Scotland and longs for a place which really feels like home. Then she meets Oz, a charismatic and passionate student at the university where Natasha teaches. As their bond deepens, stories from Natasha's research come to life - tales of forbidden love and intrigue in the court of the Tsar. But when Oz is suspected of radicalism, Natasha's own work and background suddenly come under the spotlight. As suspicions grow around her, and friends and colleagues back away, Natasha stands to lose the life she has fought to build.
Intimate stories of longing and exile by prize-winning author Leila Aboulela, spanning twenty years of her work.
American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret , a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, for the first time in North America, we step back to her extraordinarily assured debut about a widowed Muslim mother living in Aberdeen who falls in love with a Scottish secular academic. Sammar is a Sudanese widow working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university. Since the sudden death of her husband, her young son has gone to live with family in Khartoum, leaving Sammar alone in cold, gray Aberdeen, grieving and isolated. But when she begins to translate for Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, the two develop a deep friendship that awakens in Sammar all the longing for life she has repressed. As Rae and Sammar fall in love, she knows they will have to address his lack of faith in all that Sammar holds sacred. An exquisitely crafted meditation on love, both human and divine, The Translator is ultimately the story of one woman’s courage to stay true to her beliefs, herself, and her newfound love.
A unique novel about the life of an orthodox Muslim woman forced into a new life in London
An enchanting, deeply felt portrait of three women searching for freedom, from the three-times Orange Prize longlisted, Scottish Book Award and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela. číst celé
This spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author Leila Aboulela tells the unforgettable story of an embattled young woman's coming of age during the revolutionary war in nineteenth-century Sudan.
"Minarett" erzählt von Nadschwas Flucht aus ihrer privilegierten Oberschichtfamilie in Khartum nach London. Im Exil verliert sie ihren Wohlstand und ihre Familie, kämpft um eine unabhängige Existenz als Dienstmädchen und findet neue Freundschaften in der muslimischen Gemeinde. Ihre Begegnung mit Tâmer stellt sie vor eine wichtige Entscheidung.
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