The girl with braided hair : a novel / Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAdlī, Rashā, author.

عدلي، رشا., author.

Contributor:

Enany, Sarah, translator.

Standardized Title:

Shaghaf. English

شغف. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic fiction.

History.

Egypt.

Art historians--Fiction.

Art historians.

Egypt--History--French occupation, 1798-1801--Fiction.

Arabic fiction--21st century--Translations into English.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Novels.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : Hoopoe, 2020.

Summary:

"The lives of two women living centuries apart are connected by an enigmatic painting in this mesmerizing debut based on historical events. Art 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."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

"First published in Arabic in 2017 as Shaghaf by Arab Scientific Publishers"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9789774169878

9774169875

OCLC:

1224193279