![]() ![]() “When God created the letters,” Thompson writes, “He kept their secrets for Himself”-though he shared them with Adam while keeping them from the angels, a source of considerable friction in the Muslim heaven. As Thompson’s long, carefully drawn narrative opens, we are in a time that seems faraway, even mythical: A 9-year-old girl is married off to a scribe who introduces her not just to sex but also to the mysteries of Arabic letters, which seem to take life on the page. ![]() Slavery exists in the modern world as much as in the ancient. Thompson ( Good-Bye, Chunky Rice, 2006, etc.) returns after a five-year absence with a graphic novel that is sure to attract attention-and perhaps even controversy. ![]()
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