The Centre

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Author: Siddiqi, Ayesha Manazir Translation & interpretationPublished on 18 July 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 320 pages197 x 129 x 19 | 222g Sh ortlisted for the Nota Bene PrizeAbsolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique - Gillian FlynnCreepy, provocative and wildly entertaining - Emma StonexA thrillingly ambitious literary chiller - The GuardianWelcome to The Centre. The cost may be high, but youll never be the same . . . Anisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of great works of literature, but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.Then she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days. Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centres services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - its worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . .By turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi. Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?Fantastic . . . This Black Mirror take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege – The Observer Show more