The Calligrapher’s Secret
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Das Geheimnis des Kalligraphen
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781566568753
Subjects: Fiction, romance, general; Married people, fiction; Middle east, fiction
Description: 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, knowing only his cold, avaricious side. So it’s no wonder she feels flattered by the attentions of his young apprentice. And so begins a passionate love story—the love of a Muslim woman and a Christian man.