On December, 18, 2007 11:27 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

i was searching for comments about "The black book", i'm currently reding it and i think it's a great book. i like Bamouk and i read most of his books too, i just missed"Snow" and his earlier novels Like"Gawdat Bek". i think he is beside Mahfouz,Marquez,Kafka, Chekov and Dystovesky.

Thanks

Welcome..
Well, Im still reading this book, only read 3 chapters.. but tull now it is nice. I just don't like the translation , It feels like there is soemthing wrong about the text. too bad!
keep in touch.

On December, 19, 2007 1:08 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

well that's kinda right. but Abdul kader is the best unfortunately. we pray to have another Saleh Almany. i've read all of Harry Potter series in english to keep away from bad translation.
by the way i enjoyed lot the 2nd chapter. the artcle of Galal about Bosfur.

regards

no doubt that English books should be read in English.. unfortunately, also books in foriegn languages! I think I'm gonna try Orhan Bamuk's english editions next time.
I liked the 2nd chapter too, I think Orhan is so good at description and metaphor, not as many writers who are boring and shallow when it comes to this.

On March, 01, 2008 4:48 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

Hey, how are you? .i just finished the book after about 4 months of reading. tell me what do you think about it.

check this out Please.
http://www.arabicstory.net/index.php?p=author&aid=446

On March, 01, 2008 4:49 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

www.arabicstory.net/index.php?p=author&aid=446

On March, 01, 2008 5:17 PM , mysecretgarden
from Palestine said:

ahlan..
I'm still reading it because I had to stop for a while and read "زمن الخيول البيضاء" ..
so far it's very good.. the translation to arabic is bad. But still I'm enjoying Orhan's ideas, characters and events..

On March, 01, 2008 5:19 PM , mysecretgarden
from Palestine said:

By the way ... I like what you write, I didn't read a lot, but sure i will the next days..
Good for you.

On March, 03, 2008 8:32 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

Thx.i hope you like it.

what do you think about Bamouk's "Snow"?

Yes, I like it even more..
I havn't started to read it yet, I still have a long list of books that I bought and not read yet.
I think I'm gonna like it very much from what i've read about it.
what do you think?

On March, 07, 2008 9:02 AM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

good morning

i've read about it too the it's the same level of " my name is red" so we will like it.

actually i trust him and believe that i won't regret reading any of his works. he is one of few writers who won Nobel and deserve that.

bye

On March, 08, 2008 8:03 PM , mysecretgarden
from Palestine said:

Good evening..
I say, besides he's Orhan Pamuk, there's no such thing as a "bad book".. there's always something you can learn about any book.
it might be less good than "My name is red" or "the black book" but I'm sure it's good!
slam

On March, 09, 2008 8:24 PM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

Actually i believe in "Bad books" cuz i believe in"good books".and as i may advice you by a lot of great books, i have a black list of books too . but if you insist we can say that the Meaning of book just like god,phrophets, angels.can't be bad. and then what i call bad book we can pretend it's not a book at all.But what is it?

long message huh!!!

salamat

On March, 10, 2008 2:29 PM , mysecretgarden
from Palestine said:

I agree that there's a black list of books.. and I can include books that cross red lines in Islam for example.. but I still consider them "Books"!
what do you have in your black list? interesting to know!

On March, 14, 2008 9:03 AM , Mohammed zohny
from Egypt said:

Good morning Haya.

well in brief and in Arabic:


- معظم الروايات الحديثة مما يشجع عليه أخبار الأدب والغيطاني. و التي يحب كاتبيها أن يطلقوا عليها"نصوص" و منها كتابات الجيل الجديد في ميريت والمدونين ومقلدي جارسيا ماركيز.

- من الأدب العالمي سأخبرك ببعض الحاصلين على نوبل :
- أرنست همنجواي ما عدا كتابه الأفضل" العجوز والبحر"
- أندريه جيد في أي عمل له
- فرجينيا وولف لم أقرأ لها سوى المنار ولم أكملها.
الفريدة يلنيك قرأت لها عازفة البيانو جيدة لكن مثيرة للغثيان. لذا أخشى أن أقرأ لها أي شيء آخر.

هذا ما أذكره الآن.
سلام