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Sawiris 2020 · Shortlist
The House of the Coptic Woman
بيت القبطية · Bayt al-qibtiyya
Ashraf El-Ashmawi · 53 when first published
Novel · 224 pages · Crime
AI-generated summary:An investigating magistrate looking into a few crimes in a small village in northern Upper Egypt is faced with worse: motiveless killings, suspicious suicides and fields and houses that burn for no clear reason.