WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018; LONGLISTED FOR THE PEOPLE`S BOOK PRIZE 2018; FROM ONE OF OUR FINEST CONTEMPORARY WRITERS WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN PRAISED BY J.M. COETZEE, ALI SMITH AND AMINATTA FORNA, LEILA ABOULELA`S ELSEWHERE, HOME OFFERS US A RICH TABLEAU OF LIFE AS AN IMMIGRANT ABROAD, ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THE CONFLICTS OF ASSIMILATION AND DIFFERENCE IN AN UNFAMILIAR WORLD. A YOUNG WOMAN`S ENCOUNTER WITH A FORMER CLASSMATE ELICITS PAINFUL REMINDERS OF HER FORMER LIFE IN KHARTOUM. A WEALTHY SUDANESE STUDENT IN ABERDEEN BEGINS AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP WITH A SCOTTISH MAN. A WOMAN EXPERIENCES AN EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP TO HER FAVOURITE WRITER, WHOSE PORTRAIT OF THEIR SHARED CULTURE BOTH REFLECTS AND CONFLICTS WITH HER OWN SENSE OF IDENTITY. SHUTTLING BETWEEN THE DUSTY, SUN-BAKED STREETS OF KHARTOUM AND THE UNIVERSITY HALLS AND CRAMPED APARTMENTS OF ABERDEEN AND LONDON, ELSEWHERE, HOME EXPLORES, WITH SUBTLETY AND RESTRAINT, THE PROFOUND FEELINGS OF YEARNING, LOSS AND ALIENATION THAT COME WITH LEAVING ONE`S HOMELAND IN PURSUIT OF A DIFFERENT LIFE.
देशाची वेस ओलांडलेल्या विलक्षण माणसांच्या या गोष्टी. नव्या अनोळखी जगात रूळताना होणारे मनोसंघर्ष या कथा मांडतात. वर्गमैत्रिणीला भेटल्यावर खार्टुममधल्या जगण्याची वेदनादायी स्मृती उजळणारी तरुणी, एका श्रीमंत सुदामी विद्यार्थ्याचं स्कॅटिश माणसाशी झालेलं विचित्र मैत्र, आपल्या लाडक्या लेखकाशी जुळलेलं एका महिलेचं नवं नातं, मांडता मांडता लेखिका स्थानिक अस्मिता आणि वैश्विक सभ्यतेतला अनोखा धागा जोडत जाते. जगाच्या कानाकोपऱ्यातल्या संस्कृतींचे पडसाद यात उमटतात आणि जगाच्या नकाशावरच्या अखिल मानवजातीचं प्रतिबिंब यात पहायला मिळतं.