by Ahdaf Soueif, أهداف سويف
3.5 stars
Judging by the price sticker I purchased this in Dublin's Chapters Bookshop. The cover is Aswan twilight with feluccas *sighs a remembering sigh*.Dedication: For IanFront Quotes: It is strange this period [1900-1914] when the Colonialists and their collaborators thought everything was quiet - was on...
I love this book; this is my third reading.It tells the story of a young american woman investigating the life of her great grandmother who travelled to Egypt at the turn of the twentieth century after losing her husband, only to be kidnapped by nationalists and subsequently fall in love with an Eg...
I love this book; this is my third reading.It tells the story of a young american woman investigating the life of her great grandmother who travelled to Egypt at the turn of the twentieth century after losing her husband, only to be kidnapped by nationalists and subsequently fall in love with an Eg...
The storyline was intriguing, narrated by Amal and Isabel, who were going through a trunk filled with journals and letters. The journals and letters belonged to their grandmother and told the story of her romance with an Egyptian man. Sounds fun right? Except that the rest of the book was all Egy...
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