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The Translator

Leila Aboulela

1999

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A Sudanese widow working as a translator in Scotland and her love for a secular Islamic scholar.

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A Sudanese author writing in English, with faith and migration as recurring themes. The first winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing; this novel was longlisted for the Orange Prize.

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