The Photographer's Wife
When Dora and Emil Touta are married in Egypt in 1861, she begs him to teach her the secrets of his photographic studio. Soon Dora's skill with a camera has far eclipsed Emil's and the studio is the talk of Cairo. But the Cairene elite, however sophisticated, is not ready for a woman as emancipated as Dora, and her marriage shows signs of strain. She must choose between the role of a wife and that of an artist in a society whose own identity is divided as nationalism takes root under British occupation.
- Author
- Robert Solé, John Brownjohn
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781860465499
- Genres
- fiction, egypt, france, photography
- Release date
- 1999
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