The Calligrapher's Secret
16 hrs. 48 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Rafik Schami
Author
Rafik Schami
Narrator
Nadezhda Vinokurova
Narrator
Nadezhda Vinokurova
Description
The most successful German-language author of Arab origin. His novels, translated into 23 languages, have won numerous prestigious international literature awards.
There are stories like a tiny seed that grows into a huge tree with branches intertwined in a way that resembles Arabic calligraphy.
Calligraphy is a divine gift, but it is the art of the humble. Only the meek are granted the gates to the last secret of it.
This is the story of a famous calligrapher who believed that calligraphy is the art of capturing the joy of life using only black and white paint—creating its image on a clean sheet of paper. It is a story of a rich and debauched client of the famous calligrapher. Of Nura, whose life, steeped in unbearable loneliness, became bitter. Of the calligrapher’s apprentice, for whom love has always been a religion and a faith.
But love is a two-faced goddess. It frees and enslaves at the same time. For the calligrapher, the deity is the letter—and for it, love is worth sacrificing. For the wealthy man Nazri, love is only a servant for satisfying his whims. For Nura, the calligrapher’s wife, love helps destroy every barrier and brings liberation. And Salman, the apprentice, by the command of the soul, follows love wherever its caravan goes.
There are stories like a tiny seed that grows into a huge tree with branches intertwined in a way that resembles Arabic calligraphy.
Calligraphy is a divine gift, but it is the art of the humble. Only the meek are granted the gates to the last secret of it.
This is the story of a famous calligrapher who believed that calligraphy is the art of capturing the joy of life using only black and white paint—creating its image on a clean sheet of paper. It is a story of a rich and debauched client of the famous calligrapher. Of Nura, whose life, steeped in unbearable loneliness, became bitter. Of the calligrapher’s apprentice, for whom love has always been a religion and a faith.
But love is a two-faced goddess. It frees and enslaves at the same time. For the calligrapher, the deity is the letter—and for it, love is worth sacrificing. For the wealthy man Nazri, love is only a servant for satisfying his whims. For Nura, the calligrapher’s wife, love helps destroy every barrier and brings liberation. And Salman, the apprentice, by the command of the soul, follows love wherever its caravan goes.
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