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I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom Send a noteboard - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM
Either that, or his style leaves something left to be desired. I'm not sure which it is. I'll have to ask my friend whose grandfather was Mahfouz's good friend, Salama Moussa. He's one of my Facebook friends.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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What are your top ten reads of 2010? Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:07:54 PM 1344 Views
My top 10. Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:43:04 PM 1218 Views
Taking a look at the list... jh - 20/12/2010 05:48:23 PM 951 Views
I'll give you a top five. I only read about 25 books so the top 10 isn't necessarily "good". Tom - 20/12/2010 07:26:41 PM 877 Views
Let's see, this is an interesting exercise... Legolas - 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM 1154 Views
I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM 752 Views
I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM 753 Views
Okay, have to add Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian in there somewhere, see my review. *NM* Legolas - 29/12/2010 09:41:22 PM 350 Views
My first RAFO post Zeran - 21/12/2010 01:32:47 AM 899 Views
Welcome, then! Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:47:56 PM 825 Views
Literature schmiterature Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:26:07 PM 811 Views
Hmm.(New) ? - 21/12/2010 02:21:40 AM 1053 Views
You have to be the only person I've ever met who prefers Erikson's first book over the second. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:42:40 PM 789 Views
Well. ? - 21/12/2010 09:19:42 PM 925 Views
Re: I'm with you on Felisin. Boring. Danae al'Thor - 25/12/2010 12:45:03 AM 773 Views
Agreed. *NM* ? - 25/12/2010 12:49:14 AM 354 Views
Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. Chas - 26/12/2010 09:47:49 PM 873 Views
Re: Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. ? - 26/12/2010 11:49:49 PM 740 Views
850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM 363 Views
Hey hey hey no. ? - 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM 771 Views
Oh. Some american edition, then. *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 07:07:02 PM 357 Views
Apparently so. ? - 27/12/2010 07:22:41 PM 713 Views
LMAO! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:05:07 AM 823 Views
Re: Hmm.(New) ? - 29/12/2010 08:55:03 PM 782 Views
My top eight in no particular order, as well as my two most disappointing books for the year. Brian - 21/12/2010 06:19:00 AM 1161 Views
2010 Top 5 Maria - 21/12/2010 10:51:10 AM 794 Views
I don't think I have time to even read ten books this year random thoughts - 21/12/2010 02:17:01 PM 744 Views
So far... (because the year is not yet over) Camilla - 21/12/2010 03:12:06 PM 1046 Views
You should do a review of Room with a View Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:27:38 PM 757 Views
Hmm. Lions of Al-Rassan may take the space of one of those Camilla - 28/12/2010 01:20:47 PM 730 Views
No particular order, also incomplete Stephen - 21/12/2010 10:57:36 PM 851 Views
Top ten-ish, no particular order rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:00:20 AM 789 Views
In no particular order Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 04:27:27 PM 786 Views
Sorry but... ? - 25/12/2010 12:52:49 AM 748 Views
Looking at my list and in order read: Chas - 26/12/2010 09:40:53 PM 955 Views
Yay! rebelaessedai - 28/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 784 Views
In a particular order ranagrande - 29/12/2010 08:53:43 PM 954 Views
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