{"product_id":"ghost-season-fatin-abbas","title":"Ghost Season, Fatin Abbas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully dynamic novel which connects five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border. A 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere 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. Living in a Sudan riven by conflict presents challenges for William, Layla, Dena, Alex and Mustafa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56871382909305,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/0124\/1465\/files\/ghost_b135a86e-40b8-4ca2-9706-371bd695ba2d.jpg?v=1773842450","url":"https:\/\/arcadebookshop.com\/products\/ghost-season-fatin-abbas","provider":"Arcade Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}