The Architect's Apprentice
'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together. Mosques, bridges, madrasas, ravanserais, alms houses, aqueducts. . . . I think about Istanbul every day. People must be walking now across the courtyards of the mosques not knowing, not...
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'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together. Mosques, bridges, madrasas, ravanserais, alms houses, aqueducts. . . . I think about Istanbul every day. People must be walking now across the courtyards of the mosques not knowing, not seeing. They would rather assume that the buildings around them had been there since
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780241970942 (0241970946)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Actually wasn't going to read this for the Paint it Black Square but then realized it worked. Happy Day. I am finding writing this review difficult. On one hand, this is a magic novel. On the other hand, it is a quiet novel - not so much a book of great events, though a great man is a supporting ...
The beginning was beautiful. The end was beautiful. The middle was like molasses on a cold day. A worthwhile read if you can make it through The Domes.
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