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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Pgw
Publication date September 30, 2006
Pages 203
Binding Paperback
Edition 1
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780802170262
ISBN-10 0802170269
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Original list price $12.00
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Summary
When Sammar, a Sudanese widow living alone in Aberdeen and working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university, takes a job with Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, she finds herself falling in love, despite his lack in faith in all she holds sacred, in the first North American edition of the first novel by the acclaimed author of Minaret. Original. 25,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, for the first time in North America, we step back to her extraordinarily assured debut about a widowed Muslim mother living in Aberdeen who falls in love with a Scottish secular academic. Sammar is a Sudanese widow working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university. Since the sudden death of her husband, her young son has gone to live with family in Khartoum, leaving Sammar alone in cold, gray Aberdeen, grieving and isolated. But when she begins to translate for Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, the two develop a deep friendship that awakens in Sammar all the longing for life she has repressed. As Rae and Sammar fall in love, she knows they will have to address his lack of faith in all that Sammar holds sacred. An exquisitely crafted meditation on love, both human and divine, The Translator is ultimately the story of one woman’s courage to stay true to her beliefs, herself, and her newfound love.


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1 edition from Pgw (September 30, 2006)
9780802170262 | details & prices | 203 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $12.00
About: When Sammar, a Sudanese widow living alone in Aberdeen and working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university, takes a job with Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, she finds herself falling in love, despite his lack in faith in all she holds sacred, in the first North American edition of the first novel by the acclaimed author of Minaret.
from Heinemann (October 30, 2001)
9780435912079 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $18.69
About: Sammar is a young Sudanese widow working as a translator in a British university.
from Polygon (May 1, 2001)
9780748662579 | details & prices | 184 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Sammar is a young Sudanese widow who works as an Arabic translator in Aberdeen, grieving for her lost husband.
from Polygon (May 1, 2001)
9780748662579 | details & prices | 184 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Sammar is a young Sudanese widow who works as an Arabic translator in Aberdeen, grieving for her lost husband.

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