Wahat al-Ghurubواحة الغروب

«Sunset Oasis», a novel in the Arabic language by prize winning Egyptian writer Bahaa Tahir (1935-2022).

Winner of the «International Prize for Arabic Fiction» , 2008 (Arabic Booker Prize), a vivid compelling historical tale set in late nineteenth-century Egypt.

When Mahmoud, a disgraced Egyptian officer, is posted to the remote desert town of Siwa, his Irish wife insists on accompanying him, to pursue the secrets of Alexander the Great. Neither is prepared for the stultifying heat, the hostility of the townspeople, or the astonishing and disturbing events that befall them in the dreamlike other-worldliness of the «Sunset Oasis».

In turns mesmerizing and shocking, «Sunset Oasis» is an enthralling story of mystery and frustrated passions set against the backdrop of an exotic locale in the late 1800s.