Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this novel is set in an
idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by
Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003
US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world
scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens
with the pivotal character, Mubarka Badr, now a grandmother and
matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to
send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to
Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance with
Muntasir, son of the village's deceased but legendary strongman.
The shifting fortunes of the Deeb clan affect every aspect of its
members' lives, from their sexual vulnerabilities to the grief of
loss, the uncertainties of a changing world, and the heartaches
borne of betrayal and love unfulfilled.
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