Naguib Mahfouz

[Dylab]

The arabic writer Naguib Mahfouz, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz . died yesterday. There is a slate article on him here, http://www.slate.com/id/2148628/?nav=tap3

Are there any fans here? I read the Cairo Trilogy and really enjoyed it.

[Marquis de Carabas]

Which card was he?

:boxedin:

[Kopji]

I am now, and have never read one of his books. Thanks.

[bruto]

The cart glides along discreetly, garlanded with flowers. No one notices the creaking of its wheels. People only hear what they want to hear. The powerful believe they are joined in eternal union with the world. But the cart never stops and the world is an unfaithful spouse. (N. Mahfouz, The Harafish)

Sorry to see him go.