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  The Calligrapher's Secret (Hardback) By (author) Rafik Schami, Translated by Anthea Bell

  

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  Short Description for The Calligrapher's SecretHamid is a master calligrapher. Though he soon sees weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script that limit its uses in the modern world. Secretly he works out schemes for its reform, unaware of the risks he is running. His wife Nura is flattered by the attentions of his apprentice, and so begins a love story of a Muslim woman and Christian man
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  • Publisher: Arabia Books Ltd
  • Published: 15 October 2010
  • Format: Hardback 550 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Fiction In Translation
  • ISBN 13: 9781906697303 ISBN 10: 1906697302
  • Sales rank: 718,306

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Full description for The Calligrapher's Secret

• Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. His beautiful wife, Nura, is ignorant of the great plans on her husband's mind. She knows only his cold, avaricious side and so it is no wonder she feels flattered by the attentions of his amusing, lively young apprentice. And so begins a passionate love story - the love of a Muslim woman and a Christian man.