{"product_id":"ghost-season","title":"Ghost Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully dynamic novel which connects five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. There 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving in a Sudan riven by conflict presents challenges for William, Layla, Dena, Alex and Mustafa. To 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\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57398030795134,"sku":"NW9781914344770","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781914344770.jpg?v=1778616689","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/ghost-season","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}