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The translator (New edition)

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The Translator is a story about love, both human and divine. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university.

Following the sudden death of her husband and estrangement from her young 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. 'Aboulela is a wonderfully poetic writer ...

It is a pleasure to read a novel so full of feeling and yet  so serene' – The Guardian

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1846970806 / 9781846970801
Paperback / softback
823.92
29/05/2008
United Kingdom
English
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xii, 196 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Published in Scotland. Previous ed.: 1999.