Description:
A deeply human, sharply observed portrait of rural Egyptian life.
Brief description: Award-winning Egyptian novelist Mohamed Mansi Qandil worked as a physician before becoming an author and literary critic. He is the author of several short-story collections and novels, including A Cloudy Day on the Western Shore.
Review Quotes: A most beguiling novel, and one which deserves to be widely read.-- "Rosie Milne, Asian Review of Books"