Kenmerken
Auteur
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Conditie
Zo goed als nieuw
Productnummer (ISBN)
9781529097825
Jaar (oorspr.)
2023
Beschrijving
BoekenBalie maakt van tweedehands jouw eerste keuze. Met een Trustscore van 4,8 (excellent) en 30 dagen retour garantie maken we dat iedere dag waar.
Bestel direct op onze website!
Titel: The Centre
Auteur: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
ISBN: 9781529097825
Conditie: Als nieuw
A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school which boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost.
'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn
'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex
'A banger!' - Chelsea G Summers
'Fantastic . . . compelling . . . wonderful' - The Observer
Welcome to The Centre. You'll never be the same . . .
Anisa Ellahi spends her days writing subtitles for Bollywood films in her London flat, all the while longing to be a translator of ‘great works of literature’. Her boyfriend Adam’s extraordinary aptitude for languages only makes her feel worse, but when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret.
Adam tells Anisa about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees total fluency in any language in just ten days. Sceptical but intrigued, Anisa enrols. Stripped of her belongings and contact with the outside world, she undergoes the Centre’s strange and rigorous processes. But as she enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by all that it’s made possible, she soon realizes the disturbing, hidden cost of its services.
By turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi, interrogating the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation with biting specificity, and ultimately asking: what price would you be willing to pay for success?
A remarkable debut from Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, announcing the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.
Bestel direct op onze website!
Titel: The Centre
Auteur: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
ISBN: 9781529097825
Conditie: Als nieuw
A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school which boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost.
'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn
'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex
'A banger!' - Chelsea G Summers
'Fantastic . . . compelling . . . wonderful' - The Observer
Welcome to The Centre. You'll never be the same . . .
Anisa Ellahi spends her days writing subtitles for Bollywood films in her London flat, all the while longing to be a translator of ‘great works of literature’. Her boyfriend Adam’s extraordinary aptitude for languages only makes her feel worse, but when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret.
Adam tells Anisa about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees total fluency in any language in just ten days. Sceptical but intrigued, Anisa enrols. Stripped of her belongings and contact with the outside world, she undergoes the Centre’s strange and rigorous processes. But as she enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by all that it’s made possible, she soon realizes the disturbing, hidden cost of its services.
By turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi, interrogating the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation with biting specificity, and ultimately asking: what price would you be willing to pay for success?
A remarkable debut from Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, announcing the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.
Waarom je bij BoekenBalie moet zijn voor al je tweedehands boeken:
- Bestel je voor 15:00 uur? Dan vliegt het dezelfde dag nog jouw kant op!
- Meer dan 400.000 tweedehands boeken om uit te kiezen
- We checken alle boeken eigenhandig
- Vanaf 40 euro of bij 4 boeken is de verzending op onze rekening
- 30 dagen retourgarantie
Website
boekenbalie.nl...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bezorgt in heel België
0x bekeken
0x bewaard
Sinds 11 sep '25
Zoekertjesnummer: a154178665
Populaire zoektermen
the new foodharry potter engelsamerica the beautifultaal laten groeienassimil engelsthe simpsonsmolecular biology of the cellleo engelsinto the wildharry potter engelsthe war on drugsengels lerendisney engels lerenthe hunger games engelsnissan primastar in Nissanvlaams brabant in Autosport-onderdelencase ih in Landbouw | Tractorenladenkast lista in Kantoor en Winkelinrichting | Magazijn, Stelling en Opslaghoshizaki in Horeca | Keukenapparatuurgitaarkoffer in Behuizingen en Koffershuawei watch gt 2 pro in Smartwatchespaarden mest in Aarde en Mestkoppeling ford in Fordsamsung tv 32 in Televisies