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# Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

**Brand:** rosemary mahoney
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- **What is this?** Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff by rosemary mahoney
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Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    But what about Madeleine Stein?
  

*by C***Z on Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2007*

This book is a rather strange take on the usual "My Trip to Egypt" memoirs written by other intrepid adventurers to the area.  Most of the book is spent with the author obsessively searching for a boat in which she can row herself down the Nile - alone.  The quest to obtain such a boat brings her in contact with a bevy of wild and wonderful characters - none of them keen to see the author realize her ambition.I thoroughly enjoyed Mahoney's description of the Egyptian people - their confusion as to why on earth a woman alone would want to row down the Nile, and their often bumbling efforts to allow them to do the rowing for her.  She brilliantly evokes the feeling of the Nile and the Egyptian land, so that you can almost feel the heat from the sand and hear the river in it's relentless flow.  I came to love the character Amr - a gentle Egyptian with a huge heart and even bigger spirit.Mahoney peppers her account with fascinating insights from luminaries such as Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert, both of whom had travelled to Egypt in the previous century and had each written of their ownexperiences.  And along with the historical points of interest, Mahoney unearths all sorts of weird and wonderful facts that won't fail to surprise and titillate the reader.But then we come to Madeleine Stein.  Here is a woman who lives and works in Egypt, speaks fluent Arabic, is obviously somewhat of an adventurer, and she agrees to accompany the author down the Nile in order to satisfy the legal requirements of the inspectors.  Indeed, the book is dedicated to her. A fascinating woman by anyone's account,  but what does she look like?  How old is she?  Who does she live with?  What does she think about things?  Whereas Mahoney has intricately described every other character in the book, including herself from a self snapped photo, there is absolutely no quality information on Madelaine Stein other than the bare facts of her presence.  This omission was almost irritating enough to deduct a star from my review.Other than this, an enjoyable read and highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Good Read
  

*by F***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2011*

I thought the book was an especially interesting read in the light of current events in Egypt.  It's a different perspective on Egypt that I appreciated hearing.  Other reviewers have complained that somehow the book was culturally insensitive, that Ms. Mahoney was not fluent enough in the Arabic of Egypt or that she was somehow out of line in wanting to pursue her goal of a solo row down the Nile.  But if you take the memoir at face value - as the experience of one American woman on her chosen journey - I think it stands up very well.I also liked the interweaving of her experience with the writings of Florence Nightingale and August Flaubert who took similar journeys at other times.  Maybe my attention span for words and description is longer than some but I found Mahoney's descriptive passages and reflection on the people she met and experiences she had to be interesting.  The narrative held my attention.  It's the honest writing of a woman on a quest who has undertaken to push the envelope and takes responsibility for the outcomes.  It's her prism but that does not make it an invalid view.Actually, I'd read it again.A few notes on the Kindle edition.  It's my first encounter with shoddy editing which I found a distraction.  Many words were hyphenated at syllabication points (sometimes, curiously, all the syllabication points) for no reason I could discern.  And for some odd reason, every time the word "nervous" appeared in any form, it was capitalized.  Perhaps it's also capitalized in the print version but I doubt it.  I just thought all the hyphens and the Nervous-es were sloppy and distracting.All in all, I'd say it's a good and very timely read.

### ⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Fool adrift in Egypt
  

*by R***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2007*

Granted, this writer can turn a phrase and many readers will be lulled by her overwrought prose.  I have several problems with this book.  Perhaps it is because as an American living in Cairo I take great exception to Ms Mahoney's cultural ignorance of Egypt and her presumptious statements about this wonderful country without having any knowledge of Arabic and having spent very little time in country.  Also, I just wasn't overall moved by her grand adventure which only amounted to a total of five days on the Nile.  And what happens on this trip?  Not much of anything.  The five days on the Nile drift by (literally) with some smartly written prose that repetitively describes the sky, the moon, the water, the banks of the river, etc., etc.  But most offensive are her quaint descriptions of how Egyptians talk and her innate fear of the natives that she supposedly respects.  She does have some insight into her own foolishness and naivete but there just seems something fundamentally dense about a stubborn woman who comes to Egypt and expects to row down the Nile without the societal baggage that comes with the country.  Rose: next time you want to come to Egypt; learn some Arabic and leaves the boat fantasy back in Boston.  Readers:  There are several better travelogues and books on Egypt then this fool's errand.  Also, if or when you visit Egypt your stories will be more exciting then those told in this forgettable book.

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