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Rafik Schami - Calligrapher's Secret, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Calligrapher's Secret

Av Rafik Schami

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Beskrivning
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, Noura, 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 of a Muslim woman and a Christian man.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-03-31
  • Mått: 141 x 215 x 36 mm
  • Vikt: 490 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 450
  • Förlag: Arabia Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781906697280
  • Översättare: Anthea Bell
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Rafik Shami was born in Damascus in 1946, came to Germany in 1971 and studied chemistry in Heidelberg. Today he is the most successful German-speaking Arabic writer. His novels have been translated into 21 languages and received numerous international awards. He is the author of The Dark Side of Love, Damascus Nights and Damascus: Taste of a City.Anthea Bell's translations include W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz, Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir The Pianist, E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, as well as a large selection of Stefan Zweig’s novellas and stories. Her prizes and awards include the Mildred L. Batchelder Award (seven times), the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize, and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.

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‘Finely rendered into English by Anthea Bell,The Calligrapher's Secret is a celebration of diversity’

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