“Missing Out”: a short story by Leila Aboulela translated into Brazilian Portuguese
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https://doi.org/10.26512/belasinfieis.v9.n2.2020.27403Keywords:
Translation. African short story. Sudan. Leila Aboulela.Abstract
First published in 2010, the short story “Missing Out” illustrates many of the recurring themes in Leila Aboulela’s writing. Born in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, Aboulela uses immigration as a point of departure to address issues such as distance, homesickness, loneliness, and (non-)belonging. Another element present in the story is proximity to/distance from religion””in particular, Islam””and how it affects the characters. The translation of the original, from English into Portuguese, aims to offer access to a celebrated author, still relatively unknown in the Lusophone world, in order to raise interest in female-written African literatures.
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African Short Story. London : Granta Books, 2011.
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HABILA, Helon. Introduction. In: HABILA, Helon. (Ed.) The Granta Book of the African Short Story. London : Granta Books, 2011.
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