The Calligrapher's Night

By Yasmine Ghata
Translated by Andrew Brown
Published Hesperus Press

Price £12.99 US$20.80

Awarded the 'Laureat de la Bourse de la Decouverte' 2004

The debut novel from Yasmine Ghata, the daughter of the famed Lebanese poet Venus Khoury-Ghata.

'Blending elements of magical realism with a vivid description of Turkey at a turning point in its history,
Yasmine Ghata's wonderfully evocative work is a classic and inspired debut novel"