Elsewhere, home
Aboulela, Leila, 1964-2018
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"From one of our finest contemporary writers whose work has been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith and Aminatta Forna, Leila Aboulela's Elsewhere, Home offers us a rich tableau of life as an immigrant abroad, attempting to navigate the conflicts of assimilation and difference in an unfamiliar world. A young woman's encounter with a former classmate elicits painful reminders of her former life in Khartoum. A wealthy Sudanese student in Aberdeen begins an unlikely friendship with a Scottish man. A woman experiences an evolving relationship to her favourite writer, whose portrait of their shared culture both reflects and conflicts with her own sense of identity. Shuttling between the dusty, sun-baked streets of Khartoum and the university halls and cramped apartments of Aberdeen and London, Elsewhere, Home explores, with subtlety and restraint, the profound feelings of yearning, loss and alienation that come with leaving one's homeland in pursuit of a different life."--www.goodreads.com.
Main title:
Elsewhere, home / Leila Aboulela.
Author:
Aboulela, Leila, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London, United Kingdom : Telegram, 2018.©2018
Collation:
216 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781846592119 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
367750
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | ABOU | Available |