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The Markaz Book Club novel for September 2023 is River Spirit\u00a0<\/em>by Leila Aboulela<\/h4>\n

(from a\u00a0rave review<\/a>\u00a0in the New York Times)\u00a0\u201cIn 19th-century Sudan, with the Ottoman Empire fading and Britain gaining influence in the region, a religious leader proclaims himself the Mahdi, or the redeemer. He aims to correct the wrongs \u2014 excessive taxation, for one \u2014 of the foreign rulers. But as the revolution gains strength, and the Mahdi collects followers, his greed for power tarnishes the movement\u2019s ideological purity. Leila Aboulela\u2019s dazzling new novel,\u00a0River Spirit<\/em>, follows the course of that revolution as it turns into a new instrument of oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n

River Spirit\u00a0<\/em>is the unforgettable story\u00a0of a people who, against the odds and for a brief time, gained independence from foreign rule. This is a powerful tale of corruption and unshakeable devotion \u2013 to a cause, to one\u2019s faith and to the people who become family.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll meet to talk about the book on the last Sunday in Sept., the 24th, at 1 pm Eastern\/19:00 CET. Author Leila Aboulela will be joining us.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h4>\n

Leila Aboulela is the first-ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. She is the author of six novels \u2014 Bird Summons; The Kindness of Enemies; The Translator, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of the year; Minaret; Lyrics Alley, Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards; and River Spirit, published by Saqi Books in March 2023. Her short story collection Elsewhere, Home, won the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year. Her work has been translated into 15 languages and she\u2019s been nominated three times for the Orange Prize (now the Women\u2019s Prize for Fiction). Leila was born in Cairo, grew up in Khartoum and moved in her mid-twenties to Scotland where she now lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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