A review by spacenoirdetective
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies

5.0

Reading Mahfouz is like reading another language, (even when it's translated). A lyrical poetry all in its own right, the man transcends myth and history and culture and creates something so ethereal, dreamlike, and yet hardeningly real that I can't quite put an accurate description to him and his work. I was deeply affected by it, it is truly a wonderful parable for both the myriad of political and spiritual realms that humans inhabit.