Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in Egypt in 1970, this is the first novel by this Egyptian writer to appear in English. "A potent story of love and hate, of violence and ancient faith, it evokes the oppressive quality of village life in Egypt a generation ago." Co-recipient of the Pegasus Prize for Literature. Translated from the Arabic by Sami Bindari and Mona St. Leger. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-395285402.