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<p><b>'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn<br>'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex<br>'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' - <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>Welcome to The Centre.
The cost may be high, but you'll never be the same . . . </b><br><br>Anisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of 'great works of literature', but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.<br><br>Then she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days.
Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . .<br><br><b>By turns dark, funny and surreal, <i>The Centre</i> by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi.
Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?<br><br>'Fantastic . . . This <i>Black Mirror</i> take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege' – <i>The Observer</i></b></p>
The cost may be high, but you'll never be the same . . . </b><br><br>Anisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of 'great works of literature', but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.<br><br>Then she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days.
Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . .<br><br><b>By turns dark, funny and surreal, <i>The Centre</i> by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi.
Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?<br><br>'Fantastic . . . This <i>Black Mirror</i> take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege' – <i>The Observer</i></b></p>
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 320 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Pan Macmillan |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2024-07-18 |
| ISBN | 9781529097849 |
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- Format Pocket
- Antal sidor 320
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Pan Books Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-07-18
- ISBN 9781529097849
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Böcker
- Format Pocket
- Antal sidor 320
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Pan Books Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-07-18
- ISBN 9781529097849