A Nose and Three Eyes

"It is 1950s Cairo and 16-year-old Amina is engaged to a much older man. Despite all the excitement of the wedding preparations, Amina is not looking forward to her nuptials. And it is not because of the age gap or because of the fact that she does not love, or even really know, her fiancâe. No, it is because she is involved with another man. This other man is Dr Hashim Abdel-Latif, and while he is Amina's first love, she is certainly not his. Also many years her senior, Hashim is well-known in polite circles for his adventures with women. A Nose and Three Eyes tells the story of Amina's love affair with Hashim, and also of two other young women: Nagwa and Rahhab. Three Eyes is a story of female desire and sexual awakening, and quietly critiques the strictures put upon women by conservative social norms and expectations. As such, it was both deeply controversial and wildly popular when first published in the 1960s. Still a household name, this novel, and of course its author, have stood the test of time, and remain relevant and highly readable today."--