tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post115707497945297114..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Naguib Mahfouz Diesbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157101435354250342006-09-01T17:03:00.000+08:002006-09-01T17:03:00.000+08:00sympozium - wonder what brings brinke to town? ea...sympozium - wonder what brings brinke to town? ear to the ground, haven't heard anything, so it must be personal<BR/><BR/>(aren't we just the gossipiest!)<BR/><BR/>if you see him again tap him on the shoulder and say sharon wants to talk to you<BR/><BR/>(but then again i haven't read him either *blush* so maybe you should interview him)<BR/><BR/>argus lou - i fancy beginning with that trilogy<BR/><BR/>ted - i guess his death will make a lot of people start to read him<BR/><BR/>burhan - you're doing better than me! maybe greenbottle is the guy to talk to ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157093849450592552006-09-01T14:57:00.000+08:002006-09-01T14:57:00.000+08:00Naguib Mahfouz, life completed! Death is a part of...Naguib Mahfouz, life completed! Death is a part of life, a gift from the Almighty/cosmos. A reason for celebration.<BR/><BR/>His Palace Walk and Sugar Street opened my eyes to life in old Egypt (well, not so old, but anything that went on before I was born seems a bit old). He described the decadent lives of rich men who jealously kept their women at home away from the eyes of the public. The details were riveting.Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157091938007785092006-09-01T14:25:00.001+08:002006-09-01T14:25:00.001+08:00Oh, I didn't think of that - calling Concorde. But...Oh, I didn't think of that - calling Concorde. But not sure if he's staying there because he was on the road walking to KLCC when I saw him (or someone who looks incredibly like him!). I really liked his books at first but then they became very repetitive and as one of my friends in SA said, he's never matured (as compared to Coetzee) and is still female-genitalia obssessed. This I can attest to, after having read Before I Forget. He runs a creative writing program at Uni of Cape Town but there have been complaints about him, which I won't go into here...Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157091927726507542006-09-01T14:25:00.000+08:002006-09-01T14:25:00.000+08:00Only the other day I read he wasn't doing so well ...Only the other day I read he wasn't doing so well in hospital, and I hoped he'd make it out okay... I promised myself I'd read the only copy of his book I have (Respected Sir, Wedding Song, The Search) before he passes on... but alas, it was not to be :(Ted Mahsunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555225524434639998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157087006414562822006-09-01T13:03:00.000+08:002006-09-01T13:03:00.000+08:00i will go vist, greenbottlei'm ashamed to say that...i will go vist, greenbottle<BR/>i'm ashamed to say that i haven't read mafouz yet but have a couple of his booksbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157086905799298052006-09-01T13:01:00.000+08:002006-09-01T13:01:00.000+08:00i was so excited i called the concorde but he is n...i was so excited i called the concorde but he is not staying there<BR/>(wanted a scoop of an interview)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157085262452772282006-09-01T12:34:00.000+08:002006-09-01T12:34:00.000+08:00ooo sharon..same blog posting...strange sometimes ...ooo sharon..same blog posting...strange sometimes people think alike ...recently noticed that moorishgirl blog has a post on bush reading camus and my recent posting was on the same topic too...i first read Mr Mahfouz children of gebelawi and began to detest him for it but then i turned 180 degrees and began to respect him ...in case you're wondering how that came about, you can read my latest blog entry...Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1157082871890350262006-09-01T11:54:00.000+08:002006-09-01T11:54:00.000+08:00I think I saw Andre Brink walking from Concorde Ho...I think I saw Andre Brink walking from Concorde Hotel to KLCC at 8.30 this morning!Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.com