In the Eye of the Sun

In the Eye of the Sun

by Ahdaf Soueif (Author)

Synopsis

This is a love story, a story about growing up, a story about what its like to be a women (East and West), a story about the history of the post-imperial Middle East during the last 30 years or so, perplexed and bloody years, and a story about home.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 800
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 20 May 1999

ISBN 10: 0747545898
ISBN 13: 9780747545897

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
On Cairo (Jul-2011) I Think of You (Feb-2007) The Map of Love (Jan-2007) Mezzaterra (Nov-2004) The Map of Love (Mar-2000) The Map of Love (May-1999) In the eye of the sun (May-1999) Sandpiper (Mar-1997) Aisha (Feb-1996) Sandpiper (Feb-1996)