The Calligraphers' Night - Couverture souple

Ghata, Yasmine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843914301 ISBN 13 : 9781843914303

Editeur : Hesperus Press Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It's 1923, and the young Rikkat is being brought up in the belief that her entire life will be the devoted to the art of calligraphy. That same year, Ataturk's republic breaks away from the venerable Islamic tradition and progressively abolishes the Arabic language and scripts in favour of a modified version of the Latin alphabet. Once the sacred ministers of Allah and Sultans, calligraphers are now being marginalised and their schools closed. The resulting suicide of Rikkat's mentor can only reinforce her spite for the new regime and her love for the ancient art she has been taught since her childhood. Inspired by the life of the author's grandmother, 'The Calligraphers' Night' is a breathtaking excursion into the mysteries of life, time, death, and writing as an art.

Revue de presse

'...precisely executed... eerily beautiful... an extraordinary writer' --The Guardian

'There is something of the calligrapher's arabesque to the story. Ghata's prose flows and meanders, it swirls like the motifs Rikkat lays on the page with her brush...' --A Work in Progress blog

'She has woven her family history into a portrait of a country at the point of dramatic change.' --The Times, In Short

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1843914301
• ISBN 13: 9781843914303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200