The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir SiddiqiEAN: 9781638930549ISBN: 1638930546A darkly comic, speculative debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school which boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost.Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of great works of literature, but instead mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies, living off her parents' generous allowance, and discussing the underside of life with her best friend, Naima. Anisa's mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, only adds to her growing sense of inadequacy with his savant-level aptitude for languages, successfully leveraging his expansive knowledge into an enviable career. But when Adam learns to speak Urdu with native fluency practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. Adam begrudgingly tells Anisa about The Centre, an elite, invite-only program that guarantees near-instant fluency in any language. Skeptical...