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Booker Prize Finalist "Sweeping and evocative--. An unconventional love story."-- The Times (London) With her first novel, In the Eye of the Sun , Ahdaf Soueif garnered comparisons to Tolstoy, Flaubert, and George Eliot. In her latest novel, which was shortlisted for Britain's prestigious... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Amal: The main narrator
- Isabel: Add a description of this character.
- Omar
- Lady Anna
- Sharif Basha
- Layla
- Charles
- Cromer
- Ahmad
- Shukri Bey
- Sabir
- Muhammad
- Abdu
- Deena
- Tareq
- Husni Bey
- Mabrouka
- Ismail Sabri
- Mahgoub
- Edward
- Mustafa Kamel
- Dr Ramzi
- Emily
- James Barrington
- Milton Bey
- Harry Boyle
- Caroline
- Deborah
- Mirghani
- Mama
- Shanf Basha
- Mr Winthrop
- Mrs Butcher
- Baroudi Bey
- Qasim Amin
- Jasmine
- Mustafa Bey
- Yacqub Basha
- Urabi
- Madame Hussein Rushdi
- Mutlaq
- Rashid Rida
- Ghazali
- Mansur
Setting & Locations edit
- Cairo
- United states of america
- London
- Upper Egypt
- England
- Europe
- Palestine
- Alexandria
- Tawasi
- Britain
- France
- Minya
- Hilmiyya
- New York
- Turkey
- Paris
- Luxor
- Nur
- Sudan
- Iraq
- Sinai
- Shepheard
- Istanbul
- Jerusalem
- Libya
- Nazareth
- Ramadan
- Italy
- Israel
- Algeria
- South Kensington Museum
- Soudan
- Morocco
- Canal
- Umm Aya
- Denshwai
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in The Map. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ahdaf Soueif (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0385720114
Page Count: 529
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0385720114
Page Count: 529
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 1999, shortlist)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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