{"product_id":"elsewhere-home-paperback","title":"Elsewhere, Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeila Aboulela\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her new collection of stories, award-winning \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable author Leila Aboulela offers us a rich tableau of life as an immigrant abroad, and the challenges of navigating assimilation and difference. \u003ci\u003eElsewhere, Home\u003c\/i\u003e draws us ineluctably into the lives of her characters as they forge new identities and reshape old ones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A young woman's encounter with a former classmate elicits painful reminders of her former life in Khartoum. A wealthy Sudanese student studying in Aberdeen begins an unlikely friendship with a Scottish man. A woman experiences an evolving relationship to her favorite writer, whose portrait of their shared culture both reflects and conflicts with her own sense of identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shuttling between the dusty, sunbaked streets of Khartoum and the university halls and cramped apartments of Aberdeen and London, \u003ci\u003eElsewhere, Home\u003c\/i\u003e explores, with subtlety and restraint, the profound feelings of yearning, loss, and alienation that come with leaving one's homeland in pursuit of a different life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEILA ABOULELA\u003c\/b\u003e is the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness of Enemies, The Translator\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the Orange Prize), \u003ci\u003eMinaret\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLyrics Alley\u003c\/i\u003e, which was Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757512720672,"sku":"9780802129130","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d6adf69c412b261cb1eaebc6c326807.webp?v=1780104704","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elsewhere-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}