Paper, Paperback Book, By: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

The Scribe lives in a town on the frontiers of Central Asia. This is a world of spies and scholars, clerics and quacks, generals and princesses, of thefts, intrigues, miracles and murders. A world where every act is fuelled on paper, for without it nothing - diplomacy, commerce, art, even love - is possible. This ambitious Scribe feverishly dreams of writing his masterpiece. And before he can begin he feels he must find the perfect paper, a paper unimaginably beautiful, as pure as the mountain snows. But there is a crisis looming. The ancient practice of paper-making is in decline, and the European paper - factory made - is scarce and expensive. In the isolated mountain town, which has become the scene of a power struggle, paper is more necessary than ever. The Scribe sets off on a quest that sends him from mosque to palace, from citadel to marketplace, in hot pursuit of straw and rag reams from the past, of wood-pulp paper of the present, and towards the shimmering pages of the future.

• Books Author: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
• Number Of Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Books Category: Literature & Fiction
• Book Format: Paperback
• Books_ISBN: 0747576602
• Other Feature 1: Edition: New Edition
• Other Feature 2: Weight: 208 grams
• Other Feature 3: Size: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
• Publication Date: November 21, 2005