Lyrics Alley
By: Leila Aboulela
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780802119513
Subjects: Family crises; Families; Family; History; Accidents; Sudanese; Fiction
Description: Their fortune threatened by shifting powers in Sudan and their heir's debilitating accident, a powerful family under the leadership of Mahmoud Bey is torn between the traditional and modern values of Mahmoud's two wives and his son's efforts to break with cultural limits.
Notes: Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010.