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This book is the perfect antidote to my restlessness, started it lastnight and I am engrossed by it.
Brought it with me on my morning commute, now I just have to figure how to be able to sit at my desk and read it without getting sacked…answers on a postcard please!
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.
I got to read her because one of my London Syrian friends knew her personally, she is a fantastic writer IMHO as she picks up the essence of Egypt old and new. Her Eye of the Sun was a Booker prize contender.
It is a big insight into how Egyptian society thinks, especially the men.
As for reading at work you naughty girl
Jane Akshar - mad about egyptology -sane otherwise ....... I think
Love her books. Haven't read this one though.
Sure you could read e-books New Gal.
A colleague of mine just shared a great tip. Cut and paste the online article you want to read into a word document and read at your leisure!!!!
Tut tut would I????
We need an angel face on here complete with halo!!!!
Lol I have done that cut and paste trick for years and years but I don't think they have whole book transcripts on the Internet for me to cut and paste.
I am naughty Jane but what can I do, my job bores me to tears, literally!
Books are the only thing that keep me sane (ish)!
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.
This is my last resort! I've had this book for nearly a year, read a few pages, left it (found it difficult to get into, but interesting nonetheless). I picked it up again a few weeks ago and once I...
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Question for those who have read it - how much of the novel is autobiographical?
It was typical of Arab novels in that it's very big on character development with little in the way of a plot. I...
