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giving us swaths of cultural and historical background as gracefully and intelligently as she parses the emotional depths of her characters

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who remind him that his work reaches people on a deeply personal level

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River Spirit PB_Gift_Guide giving us swaths of culturalThe spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela about an embattled young womans coming of age during the Mahdist War in 19th century Sudan. Leila Aboulela, hailed as a versatile prose stylist (New York Times) has also been praised by J. M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, and Ben Okri, among others, for her rich and nuanced novels depicting Islamic spiritual and political life. Her new novel is an enchanting