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In the Eye of the Sun is a significant, near-miraculous original: ?The Great English Novel about Egypt? which is also ?The Great Egyptian Novel about England?. Ahdaf Soueif, born and brought up in Egypt, has lived for long periods in England. She knows us as we cannot know her.
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.