LITERARY EVENT: LEILA ABOULELA
Organisation: Southbank Centre
Time: 09 July 2011 1:00pm -
Place: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1
Southbank Centre Presents:
Leila Aboulela
Part of the London Literature Festival. Leila Aboulela reads from and discusses her latest novel Lyrics Alley. Set in the 1950s, the book dramatises many of the conflicts between modernity and tradition within Islam today. She discusses her story of the powerful and sprawling Abuzeid dynasty, which moves from the villages of Sudan to cosmopolitan Cairo and a decimated post-colonial Britain, in a panoramic tale of loss, faith and reconciliation. Leila Aboulela's previous novels, The Translator and Minaret, have been longlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes. The event is chaired by writer and broadcaster Bidisha.
Saturday 9 July 2011 | 13:00
Level 5 Function Room
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX
Tickets: £8 | Click here to book