Seasons of Migration begins with the narrator returning home to the village where he grew up after studying in Europe for 7 years. The narrator is happy to be home and the villagers are happy to have him back. After his first day back, he regains a sense of rootedness and belonging. “I hear a bird sing or a dog bark or the sound of an axe on wood—and I feel a sense of stability, I feel that I am important, that I am continuous and integral. No, I am not a stone thrown into the water, but seed sown in a field” (Salih 6).