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"Season of Migration to the North" Quotes
"Season of Migration to the North" by al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ explores themes of identity, colonialism, and cultural conflict through the story of an African man who returns to Sudan after studying in Europe.
Quotes
The river was flowing northwards, a long snake wriggling through the desert.
I am no Othello. I am a lie.
Life in this village runs smoothly like the Nile.
It was, gentlemen, after a long absence—seven years, to be exact, during which time I was studying in Europe—that I returned to my people.
The heat of the sun was like a hammer beating down upon an anvil.
I had always been a lie.
The train was like a serpent, its windows gleaming in the light of the setting sun.
The world is a big place and the village is just a small part of it.
There is no room for two men in one woman’s life.
We shall meet at the station, when the train arrives.