In the Eye of the Sun

The great English novel about Egypt, which is also the great Egyptian novel about England.

This is a love story, a story about growing up, a story about what its like to be a woman (Eastern and Western), a story about the history of the post-imperial Middle East during the last 30 years or so, perplexed and bloody years, and a story about home.

In London in 1979, Asya reflects on events in Cairo mo...