The Calligrapher's Secret

by Rafik Schami

Book Overview

A new international bestseller from the award-winning author of The Dark Side of Love. 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 her husband's ambitions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566568307
• ISBN13: 9781566568302
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"