Season of Migration to the North

al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ

Original title: Mawsim al-hijrah ilá al-shamāl

first published 1969 Heinemann Educational, 1969 169 pages

African writers series — book 66

After years of study in Europe, the young narrator returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to the new postcolonial life of his country. Back home, he discovers a stranger among the familiar faces of childhood--the enigmatic Mustafa Sa'eed. Mustafa takes the young man into his confidence, telling him the story of his own years in London, of his brilli...

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This book in English

Denys Johnson Davies 1 printing we hold · 1996 · Lynne Rienner Publishers

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Season of migration to the north edition · 2009 · Review Books · 139 pages · 9781590173022
Season of Migration to the North edition · 2008 · Pearson Education · 152 pages · 9780435913533
موسم الهجرة الى الشمال the Season for North Immigration paperback · 2004 · dar al ain · 151 pages · 9786000080327
Season of migration to the north edition · 2003 · Penguin · 169 pages
Season of Migration to the North paperback · 1996 · Lynne Rienner Publishers · 169 pages
Season of Migration to the North paperback · 1991 · Gardners Books · 169 pages · 9780435909741
Season of migration to the North edition · 1989 · M. Kesend Pub., Ltd. · 169 pages
Season of Migration to the North edition · 1978 · Three Continents Pr · 9780894101984
Season of migration to the north edition · 1976 · Heinemann Educational · 169 pages
Season of Migration to the North edition · 1970 · Heinemann · 176 pages
Season of migration to the North edition · 1969 · Heinemann Educational · 169 pages

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