Bird Summons

ISBN-13: 9781474600934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

Leila Aboulela

Opis

An enchanting, deeply felt portrait of three women searching for freedom, from the three-times Orange Prize longlisted, Scottish Book Award and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela.

Recenzje

BIRD SUMMONS is a magic carpet ride into the forest of history and the lives of women. Deep and wild Lucy Ellmann, author of the Guardian Fiction Prize winner SWEET DESSERTS, and MIMI

O autorze

Leila Aboulela was born in Cairo and grew up in Khartoum. She is the author of four novels: THE TRANSLATOR, MINARET and LYRICS ALLEY, all of which were longlisted for the Orange Prize, and THE KINDNESS OF ENEMIES. LYRICS ALLEY won Novel of the Year at the Scottish Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, while Aboulela's collection of short fiction, COLOURED LIGHTS, won the Caine Prize. She lives in Aberdeen.