The Map of Love: A NovelKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 26 de gen. 2011 - 544 pàgines Booker Prize Finalist Here is an extraordinary cross-cultural love story that unfurls across Egypt, England, and the United States over the course of a century. Isabel Parkman, a divorced American journalist, has fallen in love with a gifted and difficult Egyptian-American conductor. Shadowing her romance is the courtship of her great-grandparents Anna and Sharif nearly one hundred years before. In 1900 the recently widows Anna Winterbourne left England for Egypt, an outpost of the Empire roiling with political sentiment. She soon found herself enraptured by the real Egypt and in love with Sharif Pasha al-Baroudi, an Egyptian nationalist. When Isabel, in an attempt to discover the truth behind her heritage, reenacts Anna’s excursion to Egypt, the story of her great-grandparents unravels before her, revealing startling parallels for her own life. Combining the romance and intricate narrative of a nineteenth-century novel with a very modern sense of culture and politics—both sexual and international—Ahdaf Soueif has created a thoroughly seductive and mesmerizing tale. |
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... There's a strength in that look, a wilfulness; one would almost call it defiance except that it is so goodhumoured ... There was also a shawl, of the type worn by peasant women on special occasions: 'butter velvet', white. You can buy ...
... There's a strength in that look, a wilfulness; one would almost call it defiance except that it is so goodhumoured ... There was also a shawl, of the type worn by peasant women on special occasions: 'butter velvet', white. You can buy ...
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... there were some old papers in English, written, she believed, by her great-grandmother. But there were many papers and documents in Arabic. And there were other things: objects. And the English papers were mostly undated, and some were ...
... there were some old papers in English, written, she believed, by her great-grandmother. But there were many papers and documents in Arabic. And there were other things: objects. And the English papers were mostly undated, and some were ...
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... there.' 'Egypt? Why Egypt? Why not Rome? That's an old country.' 'Yes, but Egypt is older. It's like going back to the beginning. Six thousand years of recorded history.' 'Are they having a millennium there? Do you take cream?' Deborah ...
... there.' 'Egypt? Why Egypt? Why not Rome? That's an old country.' 'Yes, but Egypt is older. It's like going back to the beginning. Six thousand years of recorded history.' 'Are they having a millennium there? Do you take cream?' Deborah ...
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... there before, but it was a long time ago, and I haven't stayed in touch.' 'Oh, I think you'll find people will remember you —' 'There, you see, you're laughing at me again.' 'My dear, not at all. I'm sure you made a powerful impression ...
... there before, but it was a long time ago, and I haven't stayed in touch.' 'Oh, I think you'll find people will remember you —' 'There, you see, you're laughing at me again.' 'My dear, not at all. I'm sure you made a powerful impression ...
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... There's no need for it.' And when Wilson had left the room and closed the door behind him, she had allowed the fear to show in her voice and eyes. 'You don't really think, do you?' 'No, no. Of course not. Of course not.' He had paced ...
... There's no need for it.' And when Wilson had left the room and closed the door behind him, she had allowed the fear to show in her voice and eyes. 'You don't really think, do you?' 'No, no. Of course not. Of course not.' He had paced ...
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Abeih Abu el-Ma Abu Qir Ahdaf Soueif Ahmad al-Baroudi al-Ghamrawi Amal Anna’s Arabic arms asks Barrington believe British brother Cairo child Copts courtyard dark Deena door dress Egypt Egyptian English everything eyes face fallaheen father feel hair hand happened happy Harry Boyle head heart hold husband Husni Isabel says Ismail Jasmine Khedive kiss Lady Anna land laughs Layla leave letter light listen live look Lord Cromer Mabrouka marriage married mother Mustafa Kamel never night Palestine Pasha prayer beads Qasim Amin Ramallah Rashid Rida Sabir Sabri says Isabel Sharif Basha says Sheikh Sheikh Muhammad Abdu silence sleep smile speak stands stay sure Tahiyya talk tarbush Tareq Tawasi tell There’s They’re things thought told turned Urabi Urabi Pasha village voice wait walk watch what’s wish woman women wonderful Yaqub Artin young Zeinab Hanim