Shadow of the Sun Selina Rodrigues

Shadow of the Sun Selina RodriguesImpoverished Egyptian teacher Helmy is deperate to find a better life for himself, his wife and little boy, seeing no future at home in Cairo. He dreams of working in oil rich Kuwait and its boom in construction being the answer, just like many thousands before him. He manages to borrow the huge cost of a visa and is at last on his way to Kuwait City. He has no idea of the nightmare, instead of the dream, that awaits him the relentless summer sun with

The fate of the novel's hero even has ironic parallels with that of the author

“‘Above us is a land of ice and snow

borders and displacement

From his deathbed he gives voice to the generations of villagers to whom he devoted his life’s work

In the longer section Murray the traveller takes the reader to Spain and North Africa

and the Spanish epoch of

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