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English Summary/英文概要： In 1950’s South Africa, free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a café with Jacob her ’coloured’ business partner. When she meets Miriam, a young wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her and a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever. The World Unseen transports us to a vibrant, colourful world, a world that divides white from black and women from men, but one that might just allow an unexpected love to survive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 五十年代的南非，正是种族隔离制度执行时期。影片讲述在这样特别的时代下，一位名叫米里亚姆与另一位名叫阿米拉之间的特别情感。米里亚姆的婚姻生活并不幸福，她发现丈夫与其大嫂偷情，唯有隐忍。直到一身牛仔打扮的阿米拉出现在她压抑恪守的生活中，两个美丽的女人一见钟情。拥有反抗精神的阿米拉是坚决反对种族隔离制度的人，这也正是吸引米里亚姆的地方。两个女人之间这微妙而细腻的情感，都在指尖的每一次轻佻中，在眼神的每一次凝视里。她们超越的不仅是性别的屏障，还有种族的阻隔。。。
Awards/获奖情况： It is an impressive debut. Sarif’s story brings together the descriptive power of the novelist with the screenwriter’s mastery of dialogue."
--The Times
"I read The World Unseen at a gulp, so entrancing is it’s style, so complete it’s tale of love and betrayal, and so accurate it’s depiction of the physical, social and political scene..."
--Johannesburg Star - Book of the Week
"Sarif’s elegant and understated debut eschews emotional fireworks, and offers an unusual insight into early apartheid . . . a novel that lives up to its title"
--The Times - Play
"In the tradition of Vikram Seth, Sarif throws down a literary gauntlet that very few writers will be able to pick and return with any conviction." Pride
--Pride
"This is a stylishly written work. Sarif is near faultless."
--India Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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