Overview
Region
North Africa
Sudan
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Sammar, a Sudanese woman working as a translator in Aberdeen after the death of her husband, falls in love with a Scottish academic studying Islamic politics. A quiet, luminous novel about faith and belonging.
Literary Significance
Caine Prize shortlist; Aboulela's debut; one of the only novels to portray Muslim womanhood in exile with full sympathy