The Map of Love is the story of two stories- two stories separated by a hundred years of history, two stories intricately intertwined. There is the story of Lady Anna Winterbourne who, recently widowed, travels to the Middle East in 1900. In Egypt Anna meet Sharif al-Barudi, an Egyptian Nationalist, high-born and utterly committed to his country's cause. For Sharif, Anna at first represents the pseudo-benign snobberies and vulgarities of colonialist Britain. For her, Sharif stand for the real, secret Egypt - an Egypt entirely hidden from her incurious expat. compatriots. The couple fall in lov The Map of Love - Ahdaf Soueif od authora Ahdaf Soueif a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Ahdaf Soueif |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
544 |
Rok vydání |
2000 |
Nakladatelství |
Bloomsbury |