The Centre

ISBN-13: 9781529097832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Opis

A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school which boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost.

Recenzje

Fantastic . . . This Black Mirror take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege . . . Siddiqi's easy storytelling and her heroine Anisa's sweet narrative voice slip down like summer rosé. Siddiqi has the gift of maintaining propulsion and mystery, while keeping things human and realistic . . . compelling . . . wonderful The Observer

O autorze

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi has written plays, essays, book reviews and short stories. Her work has appeared in anthologies by Peepal Tree Press, Oberon Books, Influx Press, EMC and Tilted Axis Press (forthcoming), and in publications including The Independent, CeaseFire Magazine, The Theatre Times, Wasafiri and Media Diversified. Her plays have been staged widely. Ayesha also works as an editor and occasional translator. She was a contributing editor for The Trojan Horse Affair, a podcast by The New York Times. Ayesha is from Karachi and lives in London.