Das Geheimnis des Kalligraphen

In Damascus, a rumor is circulating: Nura, the beautiful wife of the famous calligrapher Hamid Farsi, has fled. Why has she left behind a life that many envy? Or was she the victim of a kidnapping by her husband's enemies? Even as a young man, Farsi is celebrated as a child prodigy in calligraphy. Now, he is tirelessly working on plans for a radical reform of the Arabic language, unaware that a passionate love is blossoming between Nura and his apprentice Salman—the love between a Muslim woman and a Christian man. The new novel by the German-Syrian author is a grand tapestry of Syrian society that engages all the senses of the readers.