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American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, in The Translator, Aboulela's first novel, we step back to her extraordinarily assured debut about a widowed Muslim mother living in Aberdeen who falls in love with a Scottish secular academic.
Sammar is a Sudanese widow working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university. Since the sudden death of her husband, her young son has gone to live with family in Khartoum, leaving Sammar alone in cold, gray Aberdeen, grieving and isolated. But when she begins to translate for Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, the two develop a deep friendship that awakens in Sammar all the longing for life she has repressed. As Rae and Sammar fall in love, she knows they will have to address his lack of faith in all that Sammar holds sacred. An exquisitely crafted meditation on love, both human and divine, The Translator is ultimately the story of one woman's courage to stay true to her beliefs, herself, and her newfound love.
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Andrew Chen Wei Wen
reviewed The Translator on February 26, 2020
The Translator
Sammar, a young Muslim woman from Khartoum, has been overwhelmed with grief since her husband's death. She works as an Arabic translator at a university in Aberdeen, Scotland while her son stays with her aunt in Khartoum. Sammar and Rae, a kind secular Middle Eastern Studies professor, form a close friendship which deepens into love. Sammar has a very strong faith that defines her as a person. But Rae comes from a different religious and cultural background.
Author Leila Aboulela writes using spare but beautiful language. Aboulela has lived in both Khartoum and Aberdeen, and gives wonderful descriptions of the contrasting locations. The book starts in cold, gray Scotland in winter, reflecting the depression that Sammar is feeling. She visits her family in Sudan later in the story. She feels the comfort and warmth of being with her family as she's also enjoying the heat and earthy colors of Khartoum. She does have to cope with the water shortages and power blackouts in Khartoum, but feels that she acts more like her true self there. She misses Rae, but doesn't know if they can resolve their differences. The Translator is a lovely little gem about faith, traditions, love, and two very different cultures.
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Add The Translator, American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, in The Translator, Aboulela's first novel, we, The Translator to your collection on WonderClub |
