The Photographer's Wife

by Robert Solé

Book Overview

It is mid-summer 1891, and Emile Touta has gathered his extended family for the annual photograph on the beach at Alexandria. There he falls in love with Dora - a beautiful and self-assured young... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860466990
• ISBN13: 9781860466991
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Harvill Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Enchanting

Robert Solé...a master story teller. This is definitely one of his best books. Enjoyed so much reading it that I could not put it down. Solé superbly captures the spirit of middle eastern families with their happiness and sorrows as well as the political events and makes us part of it. A MUST read.

A Savory Read

A long wait has finally come to an end. Having read all of Robert Sole's (Pronounced: Soley) books in French, I kept checking to see when the first English translation would be out. In "The Photographer's wife" Sole exposes with extreme accuracy the everyday life of Egypt through a well-developed plot. He describes his characters so vividly that they remind you of people you know. The read is very enjoyable and learning about levantine history at the end of the 19th century is painless. Sole is par excellence my favorite contemporary writer. I look forward to the translations of the rest of his books.