pickThis 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.
pick#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
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 😨😲😆
I am starting a fiction book about ancient Egypt I picked up at a Little Free Library. I have read one before by the author who writes in Arabic.
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.
pickThere'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.
#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.
#BookMoods #SetInAnotherCentury From the way back machine.
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