The Kindness of Enemies
From the winner of the PEN Pinter Prize 2025
$34.97
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 September 2016
Summary
Natasha Wilson knows how difficult it is to fit in. Born to a Russian mother and a Muslim father, she feels adrift in Scotland and longs for a place which really feels like home.
Then she meets Oz, a charismatic and passionate student at the university where Natasha teaches. As their bond deepens, stories from Natasha’s research come to life - tales of forbidden love and intrigue in the court of the Tsar.
But when Oz is suspected of radicalism, Natasha’s own work and backgroun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474600927 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474600921 |
| Author: | Leila Aboulela |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 133mm x 23mm |
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The passages are arresting in their descriptiveness, with beautiful pockets of calm in which the spiritual journey, as advocated by Shamil’s Sufi teacher, is explored. - THE INDEPENDENT
The reader flicks back and forth through time, gleaning pleasure and enlightenment through each of the doorways as they go, finishing with a head filled with different nuances on questions politicians demand we reflect upon. - i newspaperAboulela’s graceful writing style makes for a pleasurable read. - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYOne of Aboulela’s aims - apart from telling a fascinating story with the verve and assurance of a natural novelist - is surely to present a sympathetic picture of Islam to a western readership more accustomed to being what, for devout Muslims, is a distorted and reprehensible version of their faith. - SCOTSMANAbout The Author
Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela was born in Cairo and grew up in Khartoum. She is the author of four novels: THE TRANSLATOR, MINARET, LYRICS ALLEY, and THE KINDNESS OF ENEMIES. LYRICS ALLEY won Novel of the Year at the Scottish Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, while Aboulela’s collection of short fiction, COLOURED LIGHTS, won the Caine Prize. She lives in Aberdeen.
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