Nominee · The Booker Prize 1999
The Map of Love
by Ahdaf Soueif
book by Ahdaf Soueif
In Egypt Lady Anna Winterbourne meets Sharif, an Egyptian Nationalist committed to his country's cause. They fall in love and marry, but can Anna turn herself into an Oriental wife? A century later, Isabel Parkman - descendent of the marriage - is in love with Omar-al-Ghamrawi - another descendent.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Genre
- historical fiction
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