Season of Migration to the North

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Season of Migration to the North (Arabic: موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl) is a novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih, first published serially in the Beirut journal Hiwâr in 1966. It became Salih's best known work and is considered a classic of postcolonial literature. The main concern of the novel is the impact of British colonialism and European modernity on rural African societies in general and Sudanese culture and identity in particular. The novel reflects the conflicts of modern Sudan and depicts the brutal history of European colonialism as shaping the reality of contemporary Sudanese society. Damascus-based Arab Literary Academy named it one of the best novels in Arabic of the 20th century. Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl is considered to be an important turning point in the development of postcolonial narratives that focus on the encounter between East and West. The novel has been translated into over twenty languages. Salih was fluent in both English...

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