{"product_id":"in-the-eye-of-the-sun-isbn-9780385720373","title":"In the Eye of the Sun","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.\"Something of a landmark...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 \u003cbr\u003e\"Raw, accurate, searing....Soueif [is] one ofthe most extraordinary chroniclers of sexual politics now writing.\"--Edward Said, The Times Literary Supplement\u003cb\u003eAhdaf Soueif\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Map of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1999; a story collection, \u003ci\u003eI Think of You\u003c\/i\u003e; and an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eMezzaterra: Notes from the Common Ground.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Cairo, where she was born.Author of The Map of Love","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303677513957,"sku":"NP9780385720373","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385720373.jpg?v=1767729963","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-the-eye-of-the-sun-isbn-9780385720373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}