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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 1420 Views
My top 10. Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:43:04 PM 1314 Views
Taking a look at the list... jh - 20/12/2010 05:48:23 PM 1053 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 962 Views
Let's see, this is an interesting exercise... Legolas - 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM 1240 Views
I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM 829 Views
I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM 829 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 382 Views
My first RAFO post Zeran - 21/12/2010 01:32:47 AM 989 Views
Welcome, then! Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:47:56 PM 911 Views
Literature schmiterature Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:26:07 PM 901 Views
Hmm.(New) ? - 21/12/2010 02:21:40 AM 1141 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 871 Views
Well. ? - 21/12/2010 09:19:42 PM 1005 Views
Re: I'm with you on Felisin. Boring. Danae al'Thor - 25/12/2010 12:45:03 AM 851 Views
Agreed. *NM* ? - 25/12/2010 12:49:14 AM 390 Views
Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. Chas - 26/12/2010 09:47:49 PM 949 Views
Re: Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. ? - 26/12/2010 11:49:49 PM 827 Views
850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM 408 Views
Hey hey hey no. ? - 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM 854 Views
Oh. Some american edition, then. *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 07:07:02 PM 392 Views
Apparently so. ? - 27/12/2010 07:22:41 PM 792 Views
LMAO! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:05:07 AM 928 Views
Re: Hmm.(New) ? - 29/12/2010 08:55:03 PM 858 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 1256 Views
2010 Top 5 Maria - 21/12/2010 10:51:10 AM 874 Views
I don't think I have time to even read ten books this year random thoughts - 21/12/2010 02:17:01 PM 822 Views
So far... (because the year is not yet over) Camilla - 21/12/2010 03:12:06 PM 1150 Views
You should do a review of Room with a View Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:27:38 PM 848 Views
Hmm. Lions of Al-Rassan may take the space of one of those Camilla - 28/12/2010 01:20:47 PM 804 Views
No particular order, also incomplete Stephen - 21/12/2010 10:57:36 PM 940 Views
Top ten-ish, no particular order rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:00:20 AM 874 Views
In no particular order Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 04:27:27 PM 893 Views
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Looking at my list and in order read: Chas - 26/12/2010 09:40:53 PM 1033 Views
Yay! rebelaessedai - 28/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 869 Views
In a particular order ranagrande - 29/12/2010 08:53:43 PM 1043 Views
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