The young narrator of Northern Migration Season returns to his village in Sudan, located on the banks of the Nile, after spending several years studying in Europe. It is the 1960s and he is eager to contribute to the new post-colonial life of his nation. He is also eager to contribute to the world.
When he returned to his hometown, he discovered that among the people he had known since childhood, there was a new face: the mysterious Mustafa Sa’eed. Mustafa gives the young man confidence.
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He tells the story of his years in London, his brilliant career as an economist, and the series of troubled and deadly relationships with European women that led to a terrible public reckoning and his return to his homeland.
During this time, Mustafa takes the young man under his wing and tells him the story of his years in London, his brilliant career as an economist, and these relationships.
But what exactly does Mustafa mean when he makes this surprising confession? The young man, whom Mustafa had asked to take care of his wife, finds himself in an unstable and violent no man’s land between Europe and Africa, tradition and innovation, sanctity and pollution, man and woman, from which no one will emerge unchanged. or unharmed. Mustafa disappears without explaining his disappearance.
Season of Migration to the North is a deeply honest and lyrically radiant work; It is also a rich and sensual work. It was considered the most important Arabic novel of the 20th century by a group of Arab authors and critics in 2001, and they chose it as the winner.