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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 1462 Views
My top 10. Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:43:04 PM 1368 Views
Taking a look at the list... jh - 20/12/2010 05:48:23 PM 1104 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 1010 Views
Let's see, this is an interesting exercise... Legolas - 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM 1289 Views
I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM 878 Views
I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM 881 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 404 Views
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Welcome, then! Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:47:56 PM 958 Views
Literature schmiterature Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:26:07 PM 955 Views
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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 921 Views
Well. ? - 21/12/2010 09:19:42 PM 1043 Views
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Agreed. *NM* ? - 25/12/2010 12:49:14 AM 409 Views
Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. Chas - 26/12/2010 09:47:49 PM 995 Views
Re: Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. ? - 26/12/2010 11:49:49 PM 863 Views
850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM 428 Views
Hey hey hey no. ? - 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM 901 Views
Oh. Some american edition, then. *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 07:07:02 PM 412 Views
Apparently so. ? - 27/12/2010 07:22:41 PM 838 Views
LMAO! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:05:07 AM 980 Views
Re: Hmm.(New) ? - 29/12/2010 08:55:03 PM 900 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 1306 Views
2010 Top 5 Maria - 21/12/2010 10:51:10 AM 917 Views
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So far... (because the year is not yet over) Camilla - 21/12/2010 03:12:06 PM 1196 Views
You should do a review of Room with a View Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:27:38 PM 891 Views
Hmm. Lions of Al-Rassan may take the space of one of those Camilla - 28/12/2010 01:20:47 PM 848 Views
No particular order, also incomplete Stephen - 21/12/2010 10:57:36 PM 986 Views
Top ten-ish, no particular order rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:00:20 AM 935 Views
In no particular order Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 04:27:27 PM 947 Views
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Looking at my list and in order read: Chas - 26/12/2010 09:40:53 PM 1082 Views
Yay! rebelaessedai - 28/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 919 Views
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