Based on the title and picture on the book cover, I was excited to read Naguib Mahfouz’ Palace Walk. On the third chapter, p18 of 500, I had reevaluated my feeling. By p49 the book discussion night came and that was that.
For reading, anyhow. The reality was that I could follow the discussion of the rest of the book without needing to even read it. None of it surprised me. It was all set up in the first few chapters.
Mainly we questioned what it was in 1980 that earned Mahfouz the recognition of becoming a Nobel Laureate in Literature based on this work. We do not know. The cover was very good, though.
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