{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Masobe Books","provider_url":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng","author_name":"Masobe Editor","author_url":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/author\/masobe_admin\/","title":"River Spirit","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XeZuoQ8wYF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/river-spirit\/\">River Spirit<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/river-spirit\/embed\/#?secret=XeZuoQ8wYF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;River Spirit&#8221; &#8212; Masobe Books\" data-secret=\"XeZuoQ8wYF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RS.png","thumbnail_width":1281,"thumbnail_height":1917,"description":"A novel of extraordinary sympathy and insight\u2026 a wonderful achievement. ~ Abdulrazak Gurnah, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature  The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela about an embattled young woman\u2019s coming of age during the Mahdist War in 19th century Sudan.  When Akuany and her brother Bol are orphaned in a village raid in South Sudan, they\u2019re taken in by a young merchant Yaseen who promises to care for them, a vow that tethers him to Akuany through their adulthood. As a revolutionary leader rises to power \u2013 the self-proclaimed Mahdi, prophesied redeemer of Islam \u2013 Sudan begins to slip from the grasp of Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side. A scholar of the Qur\u2019an, Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, even as his choice splinters his family. Meanwhile, Akuany moves through her young adulthood and across the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with Yaseen as her inconsistent lifeline. Everything each of them is striving for \u2013 love, freedom, safety \u2013 is all on the line in the fight for Sudan.  Through the voices of seven men and women whose fates grow inextricably linked, Aboulela\u2019s latest novel illuminates a fraught and bloody reckoning with the history of a people caught in the crosshairs of imperialism. River Spirit is a powerful tale of corruption, coming of age, and unshakeable devotion \u2013 to a cause, to one\u2019s faith, and to the people who become family."}