{"product_id":"season-of-migration-to-the-north-paperback","title":"Season of Migration to the North - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTayeb Salih\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaila Lalami\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years of study in Europe, the young narrator of \u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the North\u003c\/i\u003e returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to the new postcolonial life of his country. Back home, he discovers a stranger among the familiar faces of childhood--the enigmatic Mustafa Sa'eed. Mustafa takes the young man into his confidence, telling him the story of his own years in London, of his brilliant career as an economist, and of the series of fraught and deadly relationships with European women that led to a terrible public reckoning and his return to his native land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what is the meaning of Mustafa's shocking confession? Mustafa disappears without explanation, leaving the young man--whom he has asked to look after his wife--in an unsettled and violent no-man's-land between Europe and Africa, tradition and innovation, holiness and defilement, and man and woman, from which no one will escape unaltered or unharmed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the North\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and sensual work of deep honesty and incandescent lyricism. In 2001 it was selected by a panel of Arab writers and critics as the most important Arab novel of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTayeb Salih (1929-2009) was born in northern Sudan in 1929 and educated at the University of Khartoum. After a brief period working as a teacher, he moved to London to work with the BBC Arabic Service. Salih later worked as director general of information in Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, and then with unesco in Paris and the Arab Gulf States. Along with \u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the Nort\u003c\/i\u003eh, his books in English include \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding of Zein \u003c\/i\u003e(which will be published as an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNYRB Classic) and \u003ci\u003eBandarshah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Her debut collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eHope and Other Dangerous Pursuits\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the fall of 2005, and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eSecret Son\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the spring of 2009. She is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e(1922-2017)published more than twenty-five volumes of stories, novels, plays, and poetry translated from modern Arabic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.98 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337039208813,"sku":"9781590173022","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/c0o5cFdaclRJVExUSnJPRU5IYnI5Zz09.webp?v=1778922903","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/season-of-migration-to-the-north-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}