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The Calligrapher
by Edward Docx
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, small amount of fading along front outs
- ISBN 10
- 0618343970
- ISBN 13
- 9780618343973
- Seller
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Barrington, Illinois, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First Houghton Mifflin. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very good, small amount of fading along front outs.
Synopsis
This beguiling first novel is a provocative romantic comedy centered on a young London calligrapher named Jasper, who is an engaging, intelligent serial seducer and a breaker of hearts. But when he meets Madeleine, a captivating but enigmatic woman who is his equal in every way, he falls helplessly in love. Vulnerable for the first time, he is headed for his comeuppance at last. Jasper is transcribing the Songs and Sonnets of that other great lover, John Donne, for a rich American client. As he works on them (revealing to us the fascinating art of the calligrapher), he discovers that these wise and beautiful love poems illuminate his own experiences -- of the difference between love and lust, of the play of truth and deceit between men and women, of the cost of constancy. As well as bringing modern London vividly to life, The Calligrapher is keenly observant of contemporary relationships and modern mores. Underlying its sparkling surface are Jasper's wry but heartfelt lamentations about the diminishment of our culture: the trivial masquerading as the consequential, the rising tide of ignorance, the triumph of the lowest common denominator. At once wickedly witty and deeply serious, sweet and cynical, romantic and reflective, this stylish, wonderfully entertaining novel is an accomplished and exciting literary debut.
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- Bookseller
- Rocking Chair Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7750696
- Title
- The Calligrapher
- Author
- Edward Docx
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, Dustjacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, small amount of fading along front outs
- Edition
- First Houghton Mifflin
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618343970
- ISBN 13
- 9780618343973
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 360
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