The Blue Manuscript
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844674177 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 307 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha Al Khemir David Bradford The Blue Manuscript takes the reader on a journey across continents and through time. It captures the spiritual aspects of artistic creation, the out-of-time-and-space other worldliness of an archaeological dig in a remote desert, and the pressures and politics shaping ancient empires as well as contemporary art markets. Sabitha Al Khemir brilliantly recreates the fervent and visionary obsession of the ancient scribe creating the legendary Blue Manuscript as well as the dogge. The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha Al Khemir Iris Love The Blue ManuscriptA truly AMAZING book! From the very beginning we are drawn into a world where everything has more than one meaning, more than one set of consequences and everything has reverberations back and forth throughout its pages. We encounter people from many countries and many eras although some of them are living in the `modern world'. We travel across the desert with a royal caravan that brings the bones of the royal ancestors towards the founding of the great ci. "'What you hide digs a hole inside you.'" YouFightLikeAnneRice.Blogspot.Com Sabiha Al Khemir's first American novel (after her British only Waiting in the Future for the Past to Come (Emerging Voices (Quartet))) explores the myth of The Blue Manuscript. Based on an actual Islamic piece of art, Al Khemir's novel explores a "what-if" situation with a team of mismatched archaeologists, translators, professors, scientists, and tour guides who travel to Egypt to uncover it. As the team dig, not only is dirt removed, but also the character's true selves ar
Sabiha Al Khemir was born in Tunisia. . She is an author, illustrator and Islamic art historian. Her publications span fiction, cultural essays, art history and book illustration. She has also written and presented television documentaries, and was the founding director of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Interspersed with the testimony of the early medieval calligrapher who created the Blue Manuscript, Sabiha Al Khemir’s subtle, graceful narrative builds into a rich tapestry of love, hope, despair, greed, fear and betrayal. The Blue Manuscript is the ultimate prize for any collector of Islamic treasures. But does it still exist, and if so, can it be found? In search of answers to these questions, an assortment of archaeologists heads for a remote area of Egypt, where they work with local villagers to excavate a promising site. Intensified at every turn by the uneasy relationship between Islam past and present, and between Islam and the West, The Blue Manuscript is a novel which will resonate long after the astonishing solution to its mystery has finally been revealed.
“A strange and engrossing cross-cultural fable novels, archaeological excavation has become a metaphor for the uncovering of unpleasant truths.”—Robert Irwin, novelist, Middle East Editor of the Times Literary Supplement“A remarkable novel, skilfully and imaginatively weaving history and human lives across time and continents.”—The Guardian“Al Khemir seduces readers with the manuscript’s mythical beauty and the philosophy of its art form.”—The Independent“It positively teems with colours, sounds, scents and languagesThe Blue Manuscript could hardly be more timely and apposite.”—Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx