Roman aus dem Sudan
'Sains Hochzeit' ist die wunderschöne und hinreissend komische Schilderung des Lebens eines Eigenbrötlers in einem sudanesischen Dorf. Der Roman beweist erneut Salichs Meisterschaft und seine herausragende Stellung in der arabischen Literatur.
Tayeb Salih is internationally known for his classic novel Season of Migration to the North. With humour, wit and erudite poetic insights, Salih shows another side in this affectionate memoir of his exuberant and irrepressible friend Mansi Yousif Bastawrous, sometimes known as Michael Joseph and sometimes as Ahmed Mansi Yousif. Playing Hardy to Salih's Laurel Mansi takes centre stage among memorable 20th-century arts and political figures, including Samuel Beckett, Margot Fonteyn, Omar Sharif, Arnold Toynbee, Richard Crossman and even the Queen, but always with Salih's poet "Master" al-Mutanabbi ready with an adroit comment. "Mansi casts fresh light on the experiences and attitudes of a key generation of emigré and exiled Arab writers, thinkers and activists in the West" - Boyd Tonkin
Erzählungen aus dem Sudan
Die Erzählungen in dieser Sammlung kreisen um Salichs grosses Thema, den Zusammenprall von Orient und Okzident, von Tradition und Moderne. Fast alle Erzählungen siedelt der kosmopolitische Autor, der sein Schreiben als Suche nach der verlorenen Kindheit bezeichnet, in einem sudanesischen Dorf am Nil an. 'Die Moschee, der Fluss, die Felder, sie waren die Wegzeichen unseres Lebens', schreibt er. In einer poetischen und bildhaften Sprache schildert er die islamische Kultur und das Leben der in Traditionen und Mythen verwurzelten Dorfbewohner, die zunehmend mit Fortschritt und Entwicklung konfrontiert werden.
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 childhood—the enigmatic Mustafa Sa’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 Mustafa’s shocking confession? Mustafa disappears without explanation, leaving the young man—whom he has asked to look after his wife—in an unsettled and violent no-man’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.
'Season of Migration to the North is among the six finest novels to be written in modern Arabic literature' - Edward Said, Professor of English Literature, Columbia University
Set in a village along the upper Nile, the narrative unfolds through the humorous and redemptive perspectives of its inhabitants, contrasting with the tragic tones of Salih's earlier work. The overlapping voices of the villagers create a rich tapestry of stories, offering insights into their lives and experiences, ultimately celebrating community and resilience.