The Translator
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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846970801 (1846970806)
Publish date: June 15th 2008
Publisher: Polygon
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Love,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
African Literature,
Scotland
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/03/review-translator-by-leila-aboulela.html
I liked this author's language very much, I liked the set-up and how the story unfolded, and I thought the ending was wish fulfillment that required no compromise from the protagonist and complete capitulation by another character. This was disappointing and shifted the novel from literature to genr...
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