The Oasis of the Sunset

In his wonderful novel "Oasis of the Sunset" which achieved great popular success and critical appreciation, the great writer Bahaa Taher returns to the late 19th century, and the beginning of British occupation of Egypt; where the Egyptian police officer Mahmoud Abdelzaher, who was living a carefree life between bars and women of the night, is sent to Siwa Oasis; due to suspicions of the authorities in his sympathy with the revolutionary ideas of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Ahmed Urabi. He takes his Irish wife "Catherine" with him, who is passionate about antiquities and searching for Alexander the Great's tomb, to immerse in a new world full of richness and privacy, blending the past and the present, the subjective and the objective, the historical. It presents an exciting experience of the relationship between the East and the West on both human and civilizational levels, including conflict and harmony through a brave confrontation of the self in an era where opportunism, betrayal, and desire mingled with love and heroism. Author's name: Bahaa Taher Publisher: Dar Al-Shorouk Number of pages: 345