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In the early days of photography, a woman painter in 1890s Egypt marries a portrait photographer and becomes so good at his profession he gets jealous, sending her into the arms of a British officer. Set in high-society Cairo under British occupation, the novel compares the two arts. By a Franco-Egyptian writer, author of Birds of Passage.
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The Photographer's Wife, Robert Solé
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Photographer's Wife
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Solé
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1860466990
- ISBN13
- 9781860466991
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, France, Egypt
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- In the early days of photography, a woman painter in 1890s Egypt marries a portrait photographer and becomes so good at his profession he gets jealous, sending her into the arms of a British officer. Set in high-society Cairo under British occupation, the novel compares the two arts. By a Franco-Egyptian writer, author of Birds of Passage.