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Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)

Autor/a de Season of Migration to the North

25+ obres 1,972 Membres 57 Ressenyes 4 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Author Tayeb Salih was born in northern Sudan in 1929. He studied at the University of Khartoum and the University of London. He was one of the best known and most translated Arabic novelists of the 20th century. His works include Season of Migration to the North and The Wedding of Zein. He was mostra'n més also a broadcaster for the BBC Arabic Service, wrote a weekly column for the London-based Arabic language newspaper al Majalla, and worked at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. He died from complications related to a kidney condition on February 18, 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Tayeb Salih

Obres associades

African Short Stories (1985) — Col·laborador — 145 exemplars
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction (2006) — Col·laborador — 102 exemplars
Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (1997) — Col·laborador — 92 exemplars
The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories (2002) — Col·laborador — 51 exemplars
Modern Arabic Short Stories (1967) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Susan Hefuna : Pars pro Toto (2000) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Arabic Short Stories (1983) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Salih, al-Tayyib
الطيب صالح
Data de naixement
1929-07-12
Data de defunció
2009-02-18
Lloc d'enterrament
Khartoum, Sudan
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Sudan
Lloc de naixement
Sudan
Llocs de residència
Sudan
UK
Educació
University of Khartoum
University of London
Professions
novelist
radio broadcaster
short-story writer

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It's too bad this pair of linked novellas isn't more widely available, since it's just as good as (or maybe even better than) Season of Migration to the North and The Wedding of Zein. Salih considered it his most important work, while Kirkus furrowed its brow and concluded it was "a bit too stately and mystical to fully engage Western readers".
 
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mcastagne | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jul 31, 2023 |
This was a book that left me swirling with many thoughts, and it took me a while to process how I felt about it. The writing was rich and transporting, but it was also not a "fun hang" in that it did not seem, as a book, very kind to women. Of course, the world wasn't and isn't very kind to women much of the time (whether in high society Europe or rural North Africa), so perhaps that is only one way in which the book is honest, but it still makes me weary to read it one more time.

The book is Serious and has Important Themes and the writing is so lovely in places, but also I am just tired.… (més)
 
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greeniezona | Hi ha 46 ressenyes més | May 7, 2023 |


Dust rose up behind us, and I watched the bedouin running towards some tattered tents by some bushes southwards of us, where there were diminutive sheep and naked children. Where, O God, is the shade? Such land brings forth nothing but prophets. This drought can be cured only by the sky.

After studying in Europe and having taken a civil servant job in Khartoum, a man returns to his home village on a bend in the Nile only a few times a year. On one visit, he is astonished to meet another English-speaking man and is unsure of what to make of a Western-educated man living in a farming village where traditions remain unchanging and education is rare. Mustafa later shares his story, a remarkable one, with the narrator.

This was a remarkable book. Originally published in 1966, it holds many insights about the effects of colonialism that remain relevant today. The narrator allows the customs and traditions of his birthplace commit an injustice, with repercussions that shock everyone. There's a lot going on in this slim novel set in an obscure corner of Sudan and I'm glad to have read it.

The war ended in victory for us all: the stones, the trees, the animals, the iron, while I, lying under this beautiful, compassionate sky, feel that we are all brothers; he who drinks and he who prays and he who steals and he who commits adultery and he who fights and he who kills. The source is the same. No one knows what goes on in the mind of the Divine. Perhaps he doesn't care. Perhaps he is not angry.
… (més)
½
 
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RidgewayGirl | Hi ha 46 ressenyes més | Apr 24, 2023 |
Even though it’s a short book, I put it down and couldn’t finish it
Beautiful writing, but I lost the story and gave up
 
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MarshaKT | Hi ha 46 ressenyes més | Dec 22, 2022 |

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Obres
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També de
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Membres
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Popularitat
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Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
57
ISBN
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Llengües
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Preferit
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