![]() ![]() The characters are lovingly and precisely rendered, and Aboulela (The Translator) describes the impact of Nur's disability with keen detail and noteworthy empathy. Mahmoud's two wives-Nur's deeply traditional and veiled mother, Waheeba, and Nabilah, a young and homesick Egyptian-have conflicts that swell and erupt in both predictable and surprising ways. Mahmoud, Nur's father, is both optimist and pragmatist, eager to embrace contemporary mores yet firmly rooted to his homeland. ![]() Nur is the favored son of the wealthy Abuzeid family, destined to take over the family business, until he is severely injured in an accident. Aboulela's third novel, inspired by the life of her uncle, the poet Hassan Awad Aboulela, offers a delightfully quixotic view of northern Sudan in the 1950s on the brink of its independence from Britain and Egypt. ![]()
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