Literature: Metin Arditi, writing icons in medieval Palestine

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Metin Arditi.

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By: Pascal Paradou

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Metin Arditi

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French-speaking Swiss author of Turkish origin for his book 

The Man Who Painted Souls

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published

by Grasset

, which tells the story of a young atheist in medieval Palestine who developed a passion for icons and sacred scripture.

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