The story is very good and interesting. But i think i paid too much for this book, should have waited till it got cheaper.
The Blue Manuscript takes the reader on a journey across continents and through time. It captures the spiritual aspects of artistic creation, the out-of-time-and-space other worldliness of an archaeological dig in a remote desert, and the pressures and politics shaping ancient empires as well as contemporary art markets.
I understand that there are 2 main plots in this book, but twist in twist of a twist of action at the end, makes no sense to me, I litterally got lost in the end thinking - what that book really is about?.
I couldn't get into this book. I returned it to the library.
When Verso Books was having a sale at the beginning of the year, I took advantage of the large discounts and purchased The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha Al Khemir. The fictional story had a fascinating plot that assembled an international cast of characters to an archaeological site in Egypt digging for the Blue Manuscript.
I mostly enjoyed this novel, set in Egypt in the recent past and concerning an archaeological dig at an obscure, remote spot some distance from Cairo. I continually felt it had somewhat rough edges, but I'm not certain how to characterize those flaws.
Can I go lower than one? Okay, I admit it.
