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The setting is 1890s Sudan. When Akuany and her brother are orphaned in a village raid, theyre taken in by a young merchant, Yaseen, who promises to care for them a vow that tethers him to Akuany into their adult years. As revolution starts to brew, led by the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Sudan begins to prise itself from Ottoman rule and everyone must choose a side. Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, a decision that threatens to splinter his family. Meanwhile, Akuany moves through the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with only Yaseen as her intermittent lifeline. Their struggle mirrors the increasingly bloody struggle for Sudan itself, for freedom, safety and the possibility of love.

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1890s Sudan. When Akuany and her brother are orphaned in a village raid, they are taken in by a young merchant, Yaseen, who promises to care for them - a vow that tethers him to Akuany throughout their adulthood. As revolution begins to brew, led by the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Sudan begins to prise itself from Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side.Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, a decision that threatens to splinter his family. Meanwhile, Akuany is moved across the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with only Yaseen as her intermittent lifeline. Their struggle mirrors the increasingly bloody struggle for Sudan itself: for freedom, safety and the possibility of love.River Spirit is the unforgettable story of a people who, against the odds and for a brief time, gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge and sacrifice.

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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 odds 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 in by a young merchant Yaseen who promises to care for them, a vow that tethers him to Akuany through their adulthood. As a revolutionary leader rises to power - the self-proclaimed Mahdi, prophesied redeemer of Islam - Sudan begins to slip from the grasp of Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side. A scholar of the Qur’an, Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, even as his choice splinters his family. Meanwhile, Akuany moves through her young adulthood and across the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with Yaseen as her inconsistent lifeline. Everything each of them is striving for - love, freedom, safety – is all on the line in the fight for Sudan. Through the voices of seven men and women whose fates grow inextricably linked, Aboulela’s latest novel illuminates a fraught and bloody reckoning with the history of a people caught in the crosshairs of imperialism. River Spirit is a powerful tale of corruption, coming of age, and unshakeable devotion – to a cause, to one’s faith, and to the people who become family.

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· River Spirit is a true literary page-turner, interpersonal strife, rich with interpersonal strife and underexamined history. Like Maaza Mengiste’s Booker Prize-Winning The Shadow King, Aboulela’s latest tells an unputdownable story of war, European colonialism in Africa, and the women who history overlooks. · An acclaimed, internationally award-winning writer, Aboulela was the first recipient of the Caine Prize for African Writing, winner of the Saltire Fiction Prize, the Scottish Book Award, and finalist for the Commonwealth Prize and the MacMillan Silver PEN award. · Aboulela has been called “one of the best known Sudanese writers working today” (Guardian) for her distinctive exploration of identity, migration and Islamic spirituality. This exploration of identity and faith is central to River Spirit, reframed in the account of a fascinating period of Sudanese history not yet tackled in Aboulela’s oeuvre. · The Translator, Minaret, and Lyrics Alley were all longlisted for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction.) The Translator was a New York Times 100 Notable Book. · Aboulela’s novels are widely and well reviewed: “all the pleasures we’ve come to expect from Aboulela…psychological acuity, rich characterization, intricate emotional plotting” (Washington Post, on Bird Summons), are bedrock in River Spirit. We anticipate wide coverage for this new novel. · Aboulela has many fans among her fellow authors, including J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, Aminatta Forna, Ben Okri, and Anthony Marra. · In 2014, Aboulela was profiled by The New York Times, discussing her unique role as a Sudanese-British writer. · A house author, Grove has published all of Aboulela’s books since 2005. · Her work has been included in cultural educational programs supported by the British Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities in the US. · Her books have been translated into fifteen languages. 20.7 x 13.7 x 2.2 cm, Fremdsprachige Bücher.

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