Die junge Amerikanerin Isabel reist auf den Spuren ihrer Urgroßmutter Anna nach Ägypten. Vor über 100 Jahren fuhr diese mutige Frau in das exotische Land am Nil und fand dort in einem Scheich die Liebe ihres Lebens. Und auch Isabel soll die Begegnung mit der fremden Kultur für immer verändern.

Informationen zum Autor Ahdaf Soueif Klappentext In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause. A hundred years later, Isabel Parkman, an American divorcee and a descendant of Anna and Sharif, goes to Egypt, taking with her an old family trunk, inside which are found notebooks and journals which reveal Anna and Sharif's secret. Zusammenfassung A vivid and passionate love story from the Booker Shortlisted author

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Ahdaf Soueif

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In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause.

A hundred years later, Isabel Parkman, an American divorcee and a descendant of Anna and Sharif, goes to Egypt, taking with her an old family trunk, inside which are found notebooks and journals which reveal Anna and Sharif's secret.

Zusammenfassung
A vivid and passionate love story from the Booker Shortlisted author