An author born in this country used it as the setting for her novel Minaret, which centers on the university student Najwa who is forced to flee her home amid a civil war. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this home country of Leila Aboulela, as well as the author of a novel about Mustafa Sa'eed that inverts the structure of Heart of Darkness.
ANSWER: Sudan [or Republic of Sudan] (The author is Tayeh Salih.)
[10e] Aboulela’s novel The Translator, which centers on the young Sammar who falls in love with Rae, was described as the “Muslim” version of this Charlotte Brontë novel about a governess who marries Mr. Rochester.
ANSWER: Jane Eyre
[10m] Aboulela’s most recent novel, titled for the “Spirit” of one of these places, focuses on Akuany amid the backdrop of the Mahdist War. One of these places titles a novel in which Salim opens a business in a country ruled by the Big Man.
ANSWER: rivers [or River Spirit; or A Bend in the River]
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