Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North

After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to the new postcolonial life of his country. Back home, he discovers a stranger among the familiar faces of childhoodâ‚¬"the enigmatic Mustafa Saâ‚¬eed. Mustafa takes the young man into his confidence, telling him the story of his own years in London, of his brilliant career as an economist, and of the series of fraught and deadly relationships with European women that led to a terrible public reckoning and his return to his native land.

But what is the meaning of Mustafaâ‚¬s shocking confession? Mustafa disappears without explanation, leaving the young manâ‚¬"whom he has asked to look after his wifeâ‚¬"in an unsettled and violent no-manâ‚¬s-land between Europe and Africa, tradition and innovation, holiness and defilement, and man and woman, from which no one will escape unaltered or unharmed.

Season of Migration to the North is a rich and sensual work of deep honesty and incandescent lyricism. In 2001 it was selected by a panel of Arab writers and critics as the most important Arab novel of the twentieth century.
Country USA
Brand NYRB Classics
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590173022
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2009-04-14
UnitCount 1
UPCs 352030000407
EANs 9781590173022

Country	USA
Brand	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781590173022
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2009-04-14
UnitCount	1
UPCs	352030000407
EANs	9781590173022

Season of Migration to the North

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