Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih · 1966 CE · Novel · Arabic · Contemporary

A young Sudanese comes home from years of study in England to his village on the Nile, and finds a newcomer, Mustafa Sa'eed, who farms quietly and recites English poetry when drunk. Pressed for an explanation, Mustafa begins telling him about his own time in London. Conrad's river running the other way.

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• responds to ↑ Heart of Darkness
  Joseph Conrad · 1899 CE · Novel
• alludes to ↑ Othello
  William Shakespeare · c. 1604 CE · Play

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