num_pages: 791
description: 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.
language: English
title: In the Eye of the Sun
titlecomplete: In the Eye of the Sun
genres: Fiction, Egypt, Womens, Literature, Feminism, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 1060
publisher: Vintage