THE CALLIGRAPHER'S NIGHT Type:Hardcover His responses to the architecture

His responses to the architecture of Italy and Classical Greece remain extraordinarily evocative

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

But when a newborn child is abandoned to her care

by Yasmine Ghata

in this sequel

THE CALLIGRAPHER'S NIGHT Type:Hardcover His responses to the architectureby Yasmine Ghata Translated by Andrew Brown 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