{"product_id":"9781617971761","title":"So You May See","description":"This audacious novel opens with Ayn as she reflects on the act of writing and wonders if love alone is sufficient subject for a narrative. Haltingly at first, she weaves the tale of her love affair with Ali with witty asides about her own writing, and the limits and self-deceptions that are at the heart of all storytelling. As the story finds its way, through sea and desert, and the realms of mysticism and magic, we learn of a passionate, volatile relationship, one severely tested through countless separations, of Ayn’s relationships with other men, including her intense encounters with a Corsican ex-convict, and of her own desire to escape the confines of marriage, even to the man she loves. Disarmingly candid in the telling, So You May See leads us gently into a revolt, a fierce rebuttal of conventional romantic literature and an indictment of the sexual mores and unquestioned attitudes to marriage and relationships in contemporary Egypt.","brand":"American University in Cairo Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173467013360,"sku":"9781617971761","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617971761_p0.jpg?v=1763857220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617971761","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}