Description
An Englishwoman seeking solace in widowhood travels to Egypt in 1900, where her encounter with Sharif—an impassioned Egyptian nationalist—draws her into a love shaped by politics, loyalty, and the shifting meanings of home. Decades later, in 1997, Isabel, a young American, reaches out to Amal, a middle-aged Egyptian woman navigating grief and the quiet fractures left by a broken marriage. Across time and distance, their stories echo and refract one another, revealing how personal desire and public struggle can intertwine. With lyrical, intellectually alert prose, this novel explores love as both refuge and risk, and examines identity, empire, and the enduring power of memory to map our lives.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published Jan 1, 2007
560 pages
ISBN: 9780747590026
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif.