The Centre

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<p><b>Shortlisted for the Nota Bene Prize.<br><br>A dark and surreal literary thriller following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school. It boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost . . .<br><br>'<i>Black Mirror</i> take on the world of language' - <i>The Observer</i><br>'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>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 you 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?</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529097849

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 127 x 21 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan