Overview
Region
North Africa
Sudan
Era
Post-colonial
Language
Arabic (موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال)
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
A young man returns to his village in Sudan after studying in Europe and encounters Mustafa Sa'eed, a mysterious stranger with a dark past in England, exploring themes of colonialism and identity.
Literary Significance
Selected in 2001 as the most important Arab novel of the 20th century; described by Edward Said as one of the six great novels in Arabic literature
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