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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 1446 Views
My top 10. Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:43:04 PM 1346 Views
Taking a look at the list... jh - 20/12/2010 05:48:23 PM 1088 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 990 Views
Let's see, this is an interesting exercise... Legolas - 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM 1266 Views
I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM 862 Views
I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM 862 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 394 Views
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Welcome, then! Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:47:56 PM 945 Views
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Agreed. *NM* ? - 25/12/2010 12:49:14 AM 400 Views
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850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM 421 Views
Hey hey hey no. ? - 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM 878 Views
Oh. Some american edition, then. *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 07:07:02 PM 404 Views
Apparently so. ? - 27/12/2010 07:22:41 PM 818 Views
LMAO! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:05:07 AM 954 Views
Re: Hmm.(New) ? - 29/12/2010 08:55:03 PM 884 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 1287 Views
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You should do a review of Room with a View Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:27:38 PM 875 Views
Hmm. Lions of Al-Rassan may take the space of one of those Camilla - 28/12/2010 01:20:47 PM 833 Views
No particular order, also incomplete Stephen - 21/12/2010 10:57:36 PM 963 Views
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Looking at my list and in order read: Chas - 26/12/2010 09:40:53 PM 1059 Views
Yay! rebelaessedai - 28/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 902 Views
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