Elsewhere, home / Leila Aboulela.
By: Aboulela, Leila [author.].
Publisher: London : Telegram, ©2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 216 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846592119.Uniform titles: Short stories. Selections. Subject(s): English fiction -- 21st century | English fiction -- 20th century | Sudanese fiction (English) | Muslims -- Fiction | Islam -- Fiction | Sudanese -- Scotland -- Fiction | Sudanese -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Muslims | Sudanese | Sudanese fiction (English) | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | Great BritainGenre/Form: Fiction. | Print books.Summary: "A lonely housewife fascinated with a famous writer learns to find her own voice in Abu Dhabi; a bus route passing the Christmas lights along Oxford Street is a stark reminder for a female passenger of her brother s tragic death on the eve of his wedding; and a Scottish man working in a kebab shop and his girlfriend try desperately to reconcile Islam's place in their fragile relationship. From the heat of Khartoum at the height of summer to the wintery streets of London, from the concrete high rises in the Gulf to the blustery coast in Aberdeen, this elegant and moving collection vividly evokes the overlapping worlds of Africa, Britain and the Middle East. Beautifully observed and written with empathy, Leila Aboulela's stories deftly capture the search for home in our fast-changing world."--Page 4 of cover.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PR6051 .B68 A6 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014199 |
"A lonely housewife fascinated with a famous writer learns to find her own voice in Abu Dhabi; a bus route passing the Christmas lights along Oxford Street is a stark reminder for a female passenger of her brother s tragic death on the eve of his wedding; and a Scottish man working in a kebab shop and his girlfriend try desperately to reconcile Islam's place in their fragile relationship. From the heat of Khartoum at the height of summer to the wintery streets of London, from the concrete high rises in the Gulf to the blustery coast in Aberdeen, this elegant and moving collection vividly evokes the overlapping worlds of Africa, Britain and the Middle East. Beautifully observed and written with empathy, Leila Aboulela's stories deftly capture the search for home in our fast-changing world."--Page 4 of cover.