Naguib Mahfouz

[Ande]

Palace Walk--no prophets needed--it is an old fashioned story, that will 
take you into the streets of old Cairo--but not the Cairo of V., but 
close--it is very sweet.


kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

>Can anyone recommend one of his books (preferably one that doesn't require knowledge of the Prophets of Islam)?
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>Laura
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>>From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>>Sent: Aug 30, 2006 8:13 PM
>>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Naguib Mahfouz
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>>Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel
>>Prize in Literature for his novels depicting modern Egyptian life in
>>his beloved, millennium-old corner of Islamic Cairo, died Wednesday,
>>his doctor said. He was 94.
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>>http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060830/D8JQP0S80.html
>>(good article)
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>>Bekah
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