tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post6142319427589979949..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Opening Sentences of the Day: The Beggar and Changing PlacesGilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-51942391942777396482009-06-24T13:59:14.346-07:002009-06-24T13:59:14.346-07:00I haven't read anything by Lodge yet. I do lik...I haven't read anything by Lodge yet. I do like that first sentence!Terri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12215878121282668358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-53551558533105359572009-06-24T13:01:18.877-07:002009-06-24T13:01:18.877-07:00The first sentence describes the painting hanging ...The first sentence describes the painting hanging in the waiting room of his doctor's office. So it is a little more clever than it sounds, reading it out of context.<br /><br />But I am finding the book to be slow going. It is very short, but hard to get through. It's technical stuff that keeps tripping me up -- like dialog without identifying the speakers and changing verb tense and Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-25963250278598535292009-06-24T11:26:28.110-07:002009-06-24T11:26:28.110-07:00Hm. Anyone else feel like Mahfouz's opening se...Hm. Anyone else feel like Mahfouz's opening sentence is a bit heavy? I'm curious to read something by Mahfouz (we share a Nobel prize goal) and the topic sounds very interesting, but I wonder if I shouldn't get some reassurance that the rest of the book isn't as awkward as the first sentence.Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-46720208362068702522009-06-24T10:10:15.201-07:002009-06-24T10:10:15.201-07:00I read Malfouz's book about Pharaoh Akhenaten ...I read Malfouz's book about Pharaoh Akhenaten and liked that quite a bit. I still need to read The Cairo Trilogy.<br /><br />LezlieLezliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747969193923246804noreply@blogger.com