The translator - Leila Aboulela

The Translatoris a story about love, both human and divine.Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Following the sudden death of her husband and estrangement from her young son, she drifts- grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other.'Aboulela is a wonderfully poetic writer ... It is a pleasure to read a novel so full of feeling and yet so serene'-The Guardian