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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 1257 Views
My top 10. Rebekah - 20/12/2010 12:43:04 PM 1138 Views
Taking a look at the list... jh - 20/12/2010 05:48:23 PM 846 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 786 Views
Let's see, this is an interesting exercise... Legolas - 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM 1057 Views
I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar Tom - 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM 667 Views
I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM 665 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 317 Views
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Welcome, then! Legolas - 21/12/2010 06:47:56 PM 730 Views
Literature schmiterature Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:26:07 PM 717 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 696 Views
Well. ? - 21/12/2010 09:19:42 PM 838 Views
Re: I'm with you on Felisin. Boring. Danae al'Thor - 25/12/2010 12:45:03 AM 688 Views
Agreed. *NM* ? - 25/12/2010 12:49:14 AM 321 Views
Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. Chas - 26/12/2010 09:47:49 PM 780 Views
Re: Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs. ? - 26/12/2010 11:49:49 PM 647 Views
850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM 329 Views
Hey hey hey no. ? - 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM 677 Views
Oh. Some american edition, then. *NM* jh - 27/12/2010 07:07:02 PM 323 Views
Apparently so. ? - 27/12/2010 07:22:41 PM 620 Views
LMAO! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:05:07 AM 734 Views
Re: Hmm.(New) ? - 29/12/2010 08:55:03 PM 695 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 999 Views
2010 Top 5 Maria - 21/12/2010 10:51:10 AM 695 Views
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So far... (because the year is not yet over) Camilla - 21/12/2010 03:12:06 PM 961 Views
You should do a review of Room with a View Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 03:27:38 PM 668 Views
Hmm. Lions of Al-Rassan may take the space of one of those Camilla - 28/12/2010 01:20:47 PM 645 Views
No particular order, also incomplete Stephen - 21/12/2010 10:57:36 PM 762 Views
Top ten-ish, no particular order rebelaessedai - 24/12/2010 05:00:20 AM 701 Views
In no particular order Darth_Katie - 24/12/2010 04:27:27 PM 695 Views
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Looking at my list and in order read: Chas - 26/12/2010 09:40:53 PM 856 Views
Yay! rebelaessedai - 28/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 694 Views
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