The Translator (Aboulela novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Leila Aboulela |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Grove Press Black Cat imprint |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Pages | 208 |
The Translator is Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela's first novel, published in 1999. It is a story about a young Muslim Sudanese widow living in Scotland without her son, and her blooming relationship with a secular Scottish Middle Eastern scholar. It focuses on issues of faith, cross-cultural romance, and the modernisation of Sudan.