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Le Desert
Extrait : \"Cet ecrit emane de l'humble, devant la misericorde de son Dieu tres haut, le seid Omar, fils d'Edriss, en faveur de son ami Pierre Loti, pour le recommander aux chefs de toutes les tribus d'Arabie, a l'effet d'avoir pour lui des egards et de l'aider pendant son voyage au pays des Arabes, car il venere l'islamisme et il est anime des meilleurs sentiments pour notre religion.\"
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The Age of Innocence goes to Istanbul
'Virginity was still regarded as a treasure that young girls should protect until the day they married, he writes, but following the drive to Westernize and modernize, and (even more significantly) the haste to urbanize, it became common practice for girls to defer marriage until they were older, and the practical value of this treasure began to decline in certain parts of Istanbul. [...] among the fashionable elite, it became acceptable for an unmarried man and woman to sleep together, as Kemal and his fiancée Sibel do, but only if they are engaged or have otherwise publicly shown themselves to be \"destined for marriage.\"
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How Istanbul's Cultural Complexities Have Shaped Eight Contemporary Novelists (Byatt, Glazebrook, Atasü, Safak, Tillman, Livaneli, Kristeva, and Pamuk): Tales of Istanbul in Contemporary Fiction
The second part is allotted to the novels The Other Side of the Mountain (1996) and The Bastard of Istanbul (2007) by two Turkish women novelists, Erendiz Atasü and Elif Safak, respectively, who tell the stories of Istanbulite women and their affiliations, struggles and fights with Republican ideas. Since Safak tries painfully hard to distract the reader from monochromatic history impelled by Turkish nationalism, The Bastard of Istanbul fits well in Balamur's political reading of Istanbul as a Republican territory.
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Songs my mother never taught me
After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life, and on the life of his father, the famous mathematician Mursel Ergenekon, who was murdered on Arda's fourteenth birthday. While on the other side of the city 'your humble servant' Bedirhan has decided to pack in his ten-year career as an assassin. Their two lives become intrinsically bound in this remarkable thriller that takes us through the streets of Istanbul.
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A recipe for Daphne
\"Fanis is at the center of a dwindling yet stubbornly proud community of Rum, Greek Orthodox Christians, who have lived in Istanbul for centuries. When Daphne, the American-born niece of an old friend, arrives in the city in search of her roots, she is met with a hearty welcome. Fanis is smitten by the aloof outsider, who, despite the age difference, reminds him of the fiancée he lost in the 1955 pogrom. Kosmas, a master pastry chef on the lookout for a good Rum wife, also falls for Daphne. She is intrigued by his search for a forgotten recipe, but can she love him in return? Or will a family secret, deeply rooted in the painful history of the city itself, threaten their chances? This story of love, hopeful beginnings, and ancient traditions introduces a sparkling new literary voice sure to transport and entertain.\" --Amazon.com.
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The flea palace
Set within a once-stately apartment block in Istanbul, The Flea Palace tells the story of Bonbon Palace, built by Russian noble âemigrâe Pavel Antipov for his wife Agripina at the end of the Tsarist reign. It is now sadly dilapidated, flea-infested, and home to ten very different individuals and their families. Elif Shafak gives us a bird's-eye insight into each apartment, and we see their comic and tragic lives unfold.
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