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The Centre, Paperback / softback Book

The Centre Paperback / softback

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'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' - The GuardianWelcome to The Centre.

You'll never be the same . . . 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’. When her boyfriend Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, he 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. A remarkable debut from Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, by turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi, interrogating the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation with biting specificity, and ultimately asking: what price would you be willing to pay for success?

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