River Spirit

Leila Aboulela

eBook - 2023

The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela about an embattled young woman's coming of age during the Mahdist War in 19th century Sudan.Leila Aboulela, hailed as "a versatile prose stylist" (New York Times) has also been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, and Ben Okri, among others, for her rich and nuanced novels depicting Islamic spiritual and political life. Her new novel is an enchanting narrative of the years leading up to the British conquest of Sudan in 1898, and a deeply human look at the tensions between Britain and Sudan, Christianity and Islam, colonizer and colonized. In River Spirit, Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who—against the od...ds and for a brief time—gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge, and sacrifice.When Akuany and her brother Bol are orphaned in a village raid in South Sudan, they're taken...

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Published
Grove Atlantic
Language
English
Main Author
Leila Aboulela
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Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB0B7YYX8XL
Release Date3/7/2023
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780802160676
Release Date3/7/2023