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In the Eye of the Sun

By Ahdaf Soueif

By Ahdaf Soueif

By Ahdaf Soueif

By Ahdaf Soueif

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Apr 03, 2000 | ISBN 9780385720373

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Jul 20, 2011 | ISBN 9780307789259

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    About In the Eye of the Sun

    Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern politics, this vivid and highly-acclaimed novel by an Egyptian journalist is an intimate look into the lives of Arab women today. Here, a woman who grows up among the Egyptian elite, marries a Westernized husband, and, while pursuing graduate study, becomes embroiled in a love affair with an uncouth Englishman.

    About In the Eye of the Sun

    Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern politics, this vivid and highly-acclaimed novel by an Egyptian journalist is an intimate look into the lives of Arab women today. Here, a woman who grows up among the Egyptian elite, marries a Westernized husband, and, while pursuing graduate study, becomes embroiled in a love affair with an uncouth Englishman.

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    About Ahdaf Soueif

    Ahdaf Soueif is the author of two novels, In the Eye of the Sun and The Map of Love, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1999; a story collection, I Think of You; and an essay collection, Mezzaterra: Notes from the Common Ground. She lives… More about Ahdaf Soueif

    About Ahdaf Soueif

    Ahdaf Soueif is the author of two novels, In the Eye of the Sun and The Map of Love, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1999; a story collection, I Think of You; and an essay collection, Mezzaterra: Notes from the Common Ground. She lives… More about Ahdaf Soueif

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $25.00
    Published by Anchor
    Apr 03, 2000 | 816 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385720373

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jul 20, 2011 | 816 Pages | ISBN 9780307789259
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    Praise

    "Something of a landmark…a bold and important work. [This] is the first novel I know of that successfully renders an Arab, Egyptian Muslim reality in English. A tour de force."–Leila Ahmed, Washington Post Book World
    "Raw, accurate, searing….Soueif [is] one ofthe most extraordinary chroniclers of sexual politics now writing."–Edward Said, The Times Literary Supplement

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