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The Calligrapher
by Docx, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618343970
- ISBN 13
- 9780618343973
- Seller
-
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine. 2003. Advanced Reading Copy. Soft Cover. 0618343970 . About new but for single name to first page; 360 pp in illustrated card covers. ; Author's first novel .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- B-Line Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20302
- Title
- The Calligrapher
- Author
- Docx, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Advanced Reading Copy
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0618343970
- ISBN 13
- 9780618343973
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0618343970
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARC&Proofs;
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About the Seller
B-Line Books
Biblio member since 2003
Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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