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In The Eye of The Sun the In The Eye of The Sun

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Something of a landmark ...... exuberant and absorbing ...... 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.

Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern polities, this marvelously vivid novel by Egyptian journalist is an intimate look into the often hidden lives of Arab women today. It tells the story of Asya, a brilliant young woman who grows up in the luxurious world of the Egyptian elite, marries a Westernized husband, and pursues graduate study in England, where she becomes embroiled in a love affair with an Englishman.
But for all her worldliness, Asya remains caught in a struggle between tries to her traditions and desire for independence and sexual fulfillment. Lyrical and honest sensual and erudite. In The Eye of The Sun is a revealing account of cultural collisions - and the plight of women all too often caught in the middle.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 SOU i

Publisher

New York : Random House., 1993

Collation

800 p.: ilus.; 21 cm

Language

ISBN/ISSN

0-679-40948-3

Classification

823

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Edition

Cet.1, 1993

Subject(s)

English Fiction

Specific Detail Info

Vintage International, Vintage Books A division of Random House, Inc, New York.

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