Aboulela, Leila: The Kindness of enemies / Leila Aboulela : London, 2015




Faculty/Professorship: Slavic Literary Studies  
Author(s): Kriza, Elisa  
Title of the Journal: Wasafiri : perspectives on African, Caribbean, Asian and black British literature
ISSN: 0269-0055
Publisher Information: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Pages: 89
Language(s): English
Abstract: 
Review of the novel "The Kindness of Enemies" by the Sudanese-Egyptian-Scottish writer Leila Aboulela. The novel interweaves 21st century Scotland with 19th century Russia and the conflict between the Caucasian warrior Imam Shamil and the Russian Empire.
Keywords: postcolonial literature, Caucasus, Russia, Chechnya, Sudanese literature, British literature
Type: Review
URI: https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/43405
Year of publication: 14. March 2018