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A review by alba_marie
Khufu's Wisdom by Naguib Mahfouz
3.0
3.5 stars
Interesting and quite different than my normal read. I have been meaning to read it for some time after having seen it on the library shelf because I love to hear about Ancient Egypt, but I struggled with the distanced, birds eye style of Mahfouz's writing. Don't think I would give this writer the Nobel...
This is the first in a trilogy. I'm thinking I'll read the 2nd, but not sure about the third which covers a war. I've vowed to eschew all war books from now on...
Interesting and quite different than my normal read. I have been meaning to read it for some time after having seen it on the library shelf because I love to hear about Ancient Egypt, but I struggled with the distanced, birds eye style of Mahfouz's writing. Don't think I would give this writer the Nobel...
This is the first in a trilogy. I'm thinking I'll read the 2nd, but not sure about the third which covers a war. I've vowed to eschew all war books from now on...