Tayeb Salih
Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese writer renowned for his profound narratives exploring postcolonial themes. Born in 1929 in Northern Sudan, he gained international recognition with his novel "Season of Migration to the North," celebrated for its intricate storytelling and cultural insights. Throughout his career, Salih worked in journalism and at UNESCO, contributing significantly to Arabic literature with his evocative portrayals of Sudanese life and identity.
Book summaries for books written by Tayeb Salih
Quotes
The world is like a reed, the wind in the desert. It is there today and gone tomorrow.
The present is only an infinitesimal part of time.
I didn't want to be 'the African' in Europe. I didn't want to be 'the black man' in America. I wanted to be myself.
Our smiles were open and true, our laughter was open and honest.
The desert was a universe, the mountains a world, the sea an ocean. I was aware of an infinity of space.
I wanted to be lost in the crowd, to be nobody and everybody.
The English said they were going to civilize the Sudan. But all they did was make the Sudan into a brothel.
I felt as if I were a bird that had been released from its cage and was flying in the sky.
I would rather have been born a woman in the Sudan than to be a man in Europe.
I was a stranger in a strange land. And I was a stranger to myself.
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.
The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call!