
The Girl with Braided Hair
by Rasha Adly
Title:
The Girl with Braided Hair
Author:
Rasha Adly
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
336 pages
Publisher:
The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-13:
9789774169878
EAN:
9789774169878
Publication Date:
10/10/2020
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
450
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
WINNER OF THE SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTIONThe lives of two women living centuries apart are connected by an enigmatic painting in this mesmerizing debut based on historical eventsArt historian, Yasmine, is restoring an unsigned portrait of a strikingly beautiful girl from the Napoleonic Era, when she discovers that the artist has embedded a lock of hair into the painting, something highly unusual. The mysterious painting came into the museum's possession without record, and Yasmine becomes consumed by the secret concealed within this captivating work.Meanwhile, at the close of the French Campaign in Egypt, sixteen-year-old Zeinab, the daughter of a prominent sheikh, is drawn into French high society when Napoleon himself requests her presence. Enamored by the foreign customs of the Europeans, she finds herself on a dangerous path, one that may ostracize her from her family and culture.Seamlessly merging fiction with history, art, and politics, modern day Cairo with its opulent past, this compelling story of two women caught between worlds and entangled in matters of the heart launches an entrancing new literary voice.










