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River spirit : a novel / Leila Aboulela.
"This enchanting and eye-opening new novel from Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela follows an embattled young woman coming of age during the Mahdist War in nineteenth-century Sudan, and illuminates the tensions that shape her course: between Britain and Sudan, Christianity and Islam, colonizer and colonized. In River Spirit, Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who -- against the odds and for a brief time -- gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge, and sacrifice."--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802160669 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 311 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Belief and doubt > Fiction. Faith (Islam) > Fiction. Imperialism > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Merchants > Fiction. Muslims > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Prophets > Fiction. Slaves > Fiction. Violence > Fiction. Sudan > History > 1821-1881 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Aboul | 31681010314961 | FICTION | Available | - |
Leila Aboulela is the first-ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Nominated three times for the Orange Prize (now the Womenâs Prize for Fiction), she is the author of numerous novels, including The Kindness of Enemies, The Translator, Minaret and Lyrics Alley, which was Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland.
