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Leila Aboulela

Autor/a de Minaret

10+ obres 1,368 Membres 71 Ressenyes 4 preferits

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Inclou aquests noms: Leila Aboulela, Ms Leila Aboulela

Crèdit de la imatge: photo by Mark Pringle

Obres de Leila Aboulela

Minaret (2005) 390 exemplars
The Translator (1999) 379 exemplars
Lyrics Alley (2010) 193 exemplars
The Kindness of Enemies (2015) 173 exemplars
Elsewhere, Home (2018) 76 exemplars
Bird Summons (2019) 61 exemplars
River Spirit (2023) 55 exemplars
Coloured Lights (2001) 38 exemplars
The Museum 2 exemplars

Obres associades

Granta 111: Going Back (2010) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011) — Col·laborador — 93 exemplars
Scottish Girls About Town (2003) — Col·laborador — 87 exemplars
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion (2020) — Col·laborador — 74 exemplars
The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write (2017) — Col·laborador — 74 exemplars
The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories (2002) — Col·laborador — 51 exemplars
African Love Stories: An Anthology (2006) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
I Am Heathcliff: Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights (2018) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Best of British Fantasy 2019 (2020) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
An African Quilt: 24 Modern African Stories (2012) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Letters to a Writer of Color (2023) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Out of Bounds: British, Black, and Asian Poets (2012) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars

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a very rare 5 stars for a book i finished yesterday and still thinking about today and i've got a feeling will be reminded of it all my life
sameera's character resonated with me most
i shifted to stay in scotland north of aberdeen as a teenager and stayed there for the next 20 years on and off
the weather and its affect on everything still strums a chord inside me
her rejection in love and her reaction to rejection - so real - could have should have been me
no spoilers but loved right through to the end… (més)
 
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nankuo | Hi ha 18 ressenyes més | Feb 15, 2024 |
A well written novel revealing the life of a Sudanese exile in London and the compromises she must make as she rekindles her faith. Worth the read.
 
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TomMcGreevy | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Aug 2, 2023 |
Three Muslim women set out on a journey to the Highlands, to visit the grave of a 1930s pilgrim. They are members of an Arabic Speaking Muslim Women's Group in the Scottish city where they live, and Salma is disappointed that only Moni and Iman from their much larger group have come along.

Evelyn Cobbold was a real life Scottish aristocrat who spent much of her childhood in North Africa and travelled through Libya with a female friend in 2011, before officially converting to Islam in 2015 and taking the name Zainab. She was the first Muslim woman born in Britain to participate in the Haaj pilgrimage to Mecca.

This novel, however, is the story of a smaller scale and very personal journey for the three women involved, as they leave behind family ties for a few days (including a week at a hotel). All three have time to reflect on relationships and choices, as the story unfolds through their conversations, private thoughts and flashbacks. They revisit their past decisions and consider what the future might be.

Controversially, the story takes a rather fairytale direction with a kind of Muslim magical realism, including a talking hoopoe.

This is Leila Aboulela's fifth novel and the third I have read, and it feels very different from Lyrics Alley (set mostly in Sudan) and The Kindness of Enemies (with the story moving between different time periods and places). I am not sure I expected this novel when I started reading but I found it really interesting and beautifully written.
… (més)
½
 
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elkiedee | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | May 31, 2023 |
Three women, joined by friendship and their London Muslim Women’s group decide on an expedition to the Scottish highland to see the grave of Lady Evelyn Cobb, the first English woman to make the Hajj to Meccah. At first, they had thought to have a busload of women from the group; but due to opposition from spouses and some controversy over the grave itself, only the three friends ended up going.

The Hoopoe bird is mentioned in the Quran as a messenger; it is valued (according to Wikipedia) as being communicatve. It is also sacred in the Celtic literature of the Scottish.

The Hoopoe appears to all three of the women: Salma is the leader of the group, happily married to an Englishman but contacted by her first love in Egypt – was she mistaken when she left him?

Moni is the mother of a profoundly disabled son. Her husband wants her to join him in Egypt, but Moni believes that her son can get better care in England than in Egypt. Her life revolves around her son. After seeing the Hoopoe, she is also visited by a small speechless boy with her son’s first name and which other people cannot see.

Iman is startling beautiful. She has been married twice before and currently has a spiritual non-legal marriage to a third man. The third man’s parents demand he leave Iman. He meets her briefly on the trip, delivers her possessions and gives her the news. She is at a loss what next to do with her life; a magical cupboard provides her with a great many costumes that she tries out on her search.
All three women must make choices, and, as they change, their friendships also change.

Although I enjoyed the very diverse stories of the three women, something left me feeling ultimately a bit unsatisfied. 3.5 stars
… (més)
 
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streamsong | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | May 3, 2023 |

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