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[wiseheart]

... so let's talk about books, shall we? After all, we who still read them belong to a proud minority, right?

Questions below as always.

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[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Humor, paranormal mysteries, Egyptology.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hah! I actually like those, too! Have you ever read Joseph and his brothers by Thomas Mann? Or Sinuhe by Mika Waltari? Although they might have different titles in English, I just translated them from German and Hungarian.

Back in the Stone Age, when I was still writing original fiction, I played with ideas about novels taking place in Ancient Egypt.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I have not, but thanks for the suggestion. I will go check them out.

There are at least two authors that I know of who based their mysteries back in ancient Egypt.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Alas, one of my favourites was written by a Hungarian author and it's unlikely that it would have been ever translated into English. But perhaps you might get lucky. The author is called János Kodolányi, and the book is centered around Moses. A bit AU compared with the biblical story... well, more than a bit AU, and slightly depressing in parts, but very interesting nonetheless.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I will do some poking about.