{"product_id":"centre-ayesha-manazir-siddiqi-9781529097849","title":"Centre","description":"Shortlisted for the Nota Bene Prize\n'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn\n'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex\n'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' - The Guardian\nWelcome to The Centre. The cost may be high, but you'll never be the same . . . \nAnisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of 'great works of literature', but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.\nThen she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days. Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . .\nBy turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi. Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?\n'Fantastic . . . This Black Mirror take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege' – The Observer","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49484922323232,"sku":"9781529097849","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529097849.jpg?v=1785224718","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/centre-ayesha-manazir-siddiqi-9781529097849","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}