Ahdaf Soueif

The Map of Love

Dual-timeline romance linking 1920s Egypt with contemporary political conflict

About the author

Ahdaf Soueif
Ahdaf Soueif

Egyptian-British novelist whose In the Eye of the Sun is a vast novel of Egyptian intellectual and romantic life. The Map of Love was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is one of the most celebrated Arab novelists writing in English.

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