{"product_id":"ghost-season","title":"GHOST SEASON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e368pp., maps, paperback\u003c\/em\u003e, Jacaranda Books, London, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781914344770\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA debut novel about five\u003cspan\u003e strangers on an NGO compound caught in the conflict on the Sudanese border\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With supreme skill and reverence, capturing shards, stillness and chaos, Fatin Abbas delivers a novel that gallops close and parallel to current events in Sudan. The most vivid of images, the most likeable of characters - \u003cem\u003eGhost Season\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling, detailed portrait of humanity under threat from war, climate change and personal ambition.\" Leila Aboulela, author of\u003cem\u003e River Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eGhost Season\u003c\/em\u003e travels that narrow road between austere and gut-wrenching, and does it with incomparable grace. From the first words of this gorgeous novel to the last, Fatin Abbas holds us spellbound, immersed in the lives and the world that unfolds in its pages. Beyond the debris of war and displacement, she reminds us, rests something else that can never be truly extinguished: hope.\" Maaza Mengiste, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFatin Abbas\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Khartoum, Sudan, and raised in New York. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eHer short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFreeman’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Warwick Review\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFriction\u003c\/em\u003e, and her journalism and review essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Monde diplomatique\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Berlin Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZeit Online\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfrica is a Country\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eopenDemocracy\u003c\/em\u003e, among other places. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College, the City University of New York, and teaches fiction writing in the Department of Comparative Media Studies\/Writing at MIT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbas (F.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42188961447982,"sku":null,"price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/GhostSeason.jpg?v=1774266217","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/ghost-season","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}