A Love Story in the Time of Coronavirus: It Was Evening

About this book

Against the isolation and anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic, Abdel Hamid Al-Qaed tells a human story that crosses time and distance. From Cairo's lanes to the deserts of the Empty Quarter, past memories and present wounds draw together characters searching for meaning amid love and loss, desire and hope, reason and instability. The novel asks whether love can remain a final refuge when fear has made closeness uncertain and the world itself feels unfamiliar.