{"product_id":"the-centre-9781529097849","title":"The Centre","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Nota Bene Prize'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' -and The GuardianWelcome to The Centre. The cost may be high, but you'll never be the same . . .Anisa 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.Then 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 . . .By turns dark, funny and surreal,and The Centreand 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?'Fantastic . . . Thisand Black Mirrorand take on the world of language opens up questions of cultural appropriation, the power of language, memory and privilege' -and The Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212951580732,"sku":"9781529097849","price":2245.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781529097849_201.jpg?v=1776704332","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-centre-9781529097849","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}