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The Centre : A Novel by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Centre : A Novel about?

In this "dazzling" speculative debut, a London-based Pakistani translator furthers her stalled career by attending a mysterious language school that boasts near-instant fluency—but at a secret, sinister cost (Gillian Flynn)Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of "great works of literature," but mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies & living off her parents' generous allowance. Adding to her growing sense of inadequacy, her mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, has successfully leveraged his savant-level aptitude for languages into an enviable career. But when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. Adam begrudgingly tells her about The Centre, an elite, invite-only program that guarantees complete fluency in any language, in just ten days. This sounds, to Anisa, like a step toward the life she's always wanted. Stripped of her belongings & all contact with the outside world, she enrolls & undergoes The Centre’s strange & rigorous processes. But as Anisa enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by all that it’s made possible, she soon realizes the hidden cost of its services.By turns darkly comic & surreal,

Who reads The Centre : A Novel?

Author

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Publisher

Gillian Flynn Books, Zando

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781638930549

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (226 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14