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In the Eye of the Sun

In the Eye of the Sun Paperback - 2000

by Soueif, Ahdaf

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Knopf Publishing Group, 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title In the Eye of the Sun
  • Author Soueif, Ahdaf
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Edition Us
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 816
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0385720378I5N10
  • ISBN 9780385720373 / 0385720378
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.99 x 5.22 x 1.52 in (20.29 x 13.26 x 3.86 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: East Africa
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects England, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92041012
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the jacket flap

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.

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

About the author

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 in Cairo, where she was born.