{"product_id":"the-centre-1","title":"The Centre","description":"Shortlisted for the Nota Bene Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dark and surreal literary thriller following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school. It boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Black Mirror take on the world of language' - The Observer\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn\u003cbr\u003e'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex\u003cbr\u003e'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' - The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnisa 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen 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 Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right  After all, success comes at a price . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes you 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 ","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53849787597138,"sku":"9781529097849","price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_31a4a0d9-c314-45c1-8d3d-891724b7aa09.jpg?v=1782517086","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-centre-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}