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What did you think of My Name is Red yourself, then? Legolas Send a noteboard - 22/11/2011 10:38:17 PM
I would have said Mahfouz, but that would have been too easy. And yes, certain authors deserve extra chances, so why not? :P

I think Pamuk is a lot more famous in the West at the moment than Mahfouz, actually - his Noble Prize and his famous works are more recent, after all. Mahfouz's best-known works in the Arab world were already three or four decades old by the time he got his Noble Prize, and that's two decades ago now.

I have however read more by Mahfouz (to wit: one novel in Dutch, a number of chapters of another in Arabic, and two or three short stories in Arabic) than by Pamuk (one novel). :P
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Have you read any Pamuk? Legolas - 21/11/2011 10:19:21 PM 601 Views
I've read My Name is Red and have The Black Book in Spanish translation Larry - 22/11/2011 01:42:10 AM 545 Views
What did you think of My Name is Red yourself, then? Legolas - 22/11/2011 10:38:17 PM 541 Views
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