The wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih

Set in Wad Hamid, Sudan. Reviewed on 2017/08: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYUhVOanHqU/

Three #shortstories to give you a glance of the of best #arabicwriters of all times. #theweddingofzein is the main and by far the best story here. #salih encapsulates his nocturnal, hopeful yet cautionary message into a tale about one #wedding The town’s “idiot” is getting married. But that’s not the main point here. The attention actually veers towards the other characters and how they react to the events seemingly out of their power because of religion, politics or passivity. Somehow the message at the end is a positive one and encouraging us to always be cautious of easy and simple solutions. I think these stories are a powerful prelude to his masterpiece: Season of Migration to the North. #tayebsalih #sudaneseliterature #sudan#sudanese #wadhamid #khartoum #صالح#عرسالزين #UrsalZayn #nyrb#arabicliterature #isolation #againstallodds#nile #النيل