The Centre
Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha2023
Book
Anisa Ellahi spends her days writing subtitles for Bollywood films in her London flat, all the while longing to be a translator of 'great works of literature'. Her boyfriend Adam's extraordinary aptitude for languages only makes her feel worse, but when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. Adam tells Anisa about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees total fluency in any language in just ten days. Sceptical but intrigued, Anisa enrols. Stripped of her belongings and contact with the outside world, she undergoes the Centre's strange and rigorous processes. But as she enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by all that it's made possible, she soon realizes the disturbing, hidden cost of its services.
Main title:
The Centre / Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi.
Author:
Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2023.
Collation:
308 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
978152909783297815290978329781529097825 (hardback)9781529097832 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
780785
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