{"product_id":"9781914344770","title":"Ghost Season by Fatin Abbas","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautifully dynamic novel which connects five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, this discovery foreshadows more trouble to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone has a different story. William, a South Sudanese translator, connects the corpse to the sudden disappearance of cook Layla, a nomad from the north with whom he's fallen in love. Amidst the chaos, Dena, a Sudanese-American filmmaker, struggles to find a connection with her homeland. There is Alex, a white aid worker from the American Midwest whose plans in the country are derailed by a rapidly changing climate and an impending civil war. And then there is Mustafa, a precocious twelve-year-old boy, whose plans to escape poverty set off a series of cataclysmic events on the compound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in a Sudan riven by conflict presents challenges for William, Layla, Dena, Alex and Mustafa. To overcome them, they must forge bonds stronger than the blood they don't share. Fatin Abbas weaves a story of Sudan's partition into the fabric of her characters identities while exploring the porous and perilous nature of borders. Ghost Season is a gripping, must-have debut that announces Abbas as a powerful new voice in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Fatin Abbas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterature: history \u0026amp; criticism\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 January 2026 by Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 350 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 34 | 352g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback \/ softback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55455820906872,"sku":"9781914344770","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/6671\/7600\/files\/9781914344770.jpg?v=1771337318","url":"https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/products\/9781914344770","provider":"Afrori Books LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}