egyptianliterature

Nebklvr

Midaq Alley: A New Translation | Naguib Mahfouz

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This has been on my shelf for years. I have started it twice. Sixty pages in and I don‘t find it interesting at all.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

Nebklvr @dabbe 😂Everyone raves about it but I just couldn‘t 6mo

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Sarahreadstoomuch

Wedding Song | Naguib Mahfouz

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This has been on my shelf forever… and while it took a few pages (I had to reread the first 5 pages) to get a handle on the writing style, and then it blew me away. I could almost feel this story settling over me like a blanket while reading. Set in Cairo, this tells a story in 4 different perspectives.

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Currey

Miramar | Naguib Mahfouz

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#readaroundtheworld #egypt A story of multiple romances and a murder told through the eyes of 4 separate character‘s narrations. Mahfouz, the Nobel Prize winning author, manages to give us a lens into these characters lives while reflecting the romance and betrayals of the Egyptian Revolution. However, Zohra, the strong willed and beautiful young woman who is at the center of the plot does not get her own narration. Alexandria sounds wonderful

TorieStorieS, BookwormM

BookwormM I haven‘t started mine yet several library holds arrived at once 1y

BarbaraBB I really enjoyed this one! 1y

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Billypar

The Dreams | Naguib Mahfouz

What if you turned your dreams into short stories? Such a simple concept, but one I hadn't seen until I picked up Naguib Mahfouz's The Dreams. The content varies a great deal, and even though this one could be considered a nightmare, it made me laugh out loud just because of how ridiculous yet terrifying it became in just a few sentences 😨😲😆

Centique Oooh i read his book Palace Walk and it has stayed with me ever since. This looks interesting and freaky 😳 1y

Billypar @Centique Good to know - I haven't read any others of his, so I was wondering what to start with, novel-wise. I added it to my TBR. 1y

Centique @Billypar it took me a while to get into the flow of his writing. It felt like he described almost every movement of each character - like someone capturing movie scenes in detail. But after a few chapters of me faltering my way through that, it made everything very vivid. 1y

Billypar @Centique I think it's so interesting when something about a novel's style feels a little off-putting at first, but winds up being what makes it stick with you - I've definitely had that experience. 1y

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SqueakyChu

Karnak Cafe | Naguib Mahfouz

I found this book on my bookshelf and chose it to read for the #LibraryThing challenge to read a book by an author born in #NorthAfrica. I‘d read and enjoyed books by this author before, but many years ago. I find this book intriguing. It‘s background is political, referring many times back to the #Egyptian Revolution in 1952. I had to look this up in order to give this read better context. I‘m glad I did.

TEArificbooks FYI I changed my name from mdm139 to TEArificbooks. I am still here. And let me know if there is a zoom meeting 2y

SqueakyChu @TEArificbooks Oh, no! How am I going to remember your new name?! Check out the BC meetings forum before January 21 (the Saturday that the Zoom is scheduled). You‘ll need to get the Zoom link pmed to you from whoever the host will be. (edited) 2y

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LanceTait

Writings from Ancient Egypt | Toby Wilkinson

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There's nothing like sitting down and reading a wonderful translation of a story that was written 3500 years ago. There are many stories in this book. You just can't thank the translator enough for bringing them to us in English.

Liz_M

The Queue | Basma Abdel Aziz

#adventrecommends, @emilyrose_x

It's a clever blend of dystopia, absurdism and Kafka, but it is mostly conveyed dispassionately. While this wasn't a favorite book of 2022, it is one I am glad to have read and one I would not have read without Litsy's #FoodandLit challenge.

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