BOOK

Like a sword wound

Altan, Ahmet author, Freely, Brendan, 1959- translator, Tèuredi, Yelda, translator

2018

Overview

Altan's Ottoman Quartet spans the fifty years between the final decades of the 19th century and the post-WWI rise of Atatèurk as both unchallenged leader and visionary reformer of the new Turkey. The four books tell the stories of an unforgettable cast of characters, among them: an Ottoman army officer, the Sultan's personal doctor, a scion of the royal house whose Western education brings him into conflict with his family's legacy, and a beguiling Turkish aristocrat who, while fond of her emancipated life in Paris, finds herself drawn to a conservative Muslim spiritual leader. Intrigue, betrayal, love, war, progress, and tradition provide a colourful backdrop against which their lives play out. All the while, the society to which they belong is transforming, and the Sublime Empire disintegrates. Here is a Turkish saga reminiscent of War and Peace, that traces not only the social currents of the time but also the erotic and emotional lives of its characters.

• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Subject: 1800-1999 / FICTION - Historical. / Manners and customs. / Turkey History 19th century Fiction. / Turkey History 20th century Fiction. / Turkey Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. / Turkey Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. / Turkey.
• ISBN: 160945474X, 9781609454746

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PL248.A525 K5513 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE