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Title: Good Read!
Review: I chose this book on since I had heard that it was short listed for the Booker Prize. I ordinarily would not read something that is akin to a 'romance' book. However, I was impressed by Ms. Soueif's writing of the two intertwining tales. It was hard to follow at first, made sense after reading it for a while.The arabic text was great in the book since I have a rudimentary understanding of the language. I do think that it would turn off someone who did not have any knowledge of the language though. I felt that Ms. Soueif captured the feelings of the time periods accurately and it is ironic that modern-day Egypt is seing a surge in nationalism just as it did at the turn of the century.
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