![Egyptians gather during the funeral of the victims of the attack on the Saint Mina Coptic church, on December 29, 2017, at a church south of the capital Cairo.
A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack on Egypt's Christian minority. / AFP PHOTO / Samer ABDALLAH](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YQJKTTJWEP5NIPC7JTG2HMXATU.jpg?smart=true&auth=45eb364a34535da38dee512882c68b72f27ab8fce1c241d07e06933719604d33&width=400&height=225)
The translation of the novel deserves special attention. It reads seamlessly, capturing the sonorous tone of ecclesiastic music. AFP
The translation of the novel deserves special attention. It reads seamlessly, capturing the sonorous tone of ecclesiastic music. AFP
Book review: 'Tales of Yusuf Tadros' explores how ‘suffering purifies’
We laud a tale of a Coptic Christian’s journey through life in Egypt that won the author the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
M. Lynx Qualey
11 August, 2018