Season of Migration to the North
Download or Read eBook Season of Migration to the North PDF written by al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ and published by Penguin Group(CA). This book was released on 2003 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ |
| Publisher | : Penguin Group(CA) |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0141187204 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780141187204 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Season of Migration to the North by : al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ
Book excerpt: 'SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH-An Arabian Nights in reverse, enclosing a pithy moral about international misconceptions and delusions. The brilliant student of an earlier generation returns to his Sudanese village; obsession with the mysterious West and a desire to bite the hand that has half-fed him, has led him to London and the beds of women with similar obsessions about the mysterious East. He kills them at the point of ecstasy and the Occident, in its turn, destroys him. Powerfully and poetically written and splendidly translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.' Observer
