Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul
Set in Istanbul during the last days of the Empire, Ayşe Kulin's novel recounts the collapse of the Ottomans... It is a story of human suffering and tragedy...By choosing to tell her story of an era through the eyes of a particular family living in a particular mansion in a city besieged, Ayşe...
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Set in Istanbul during the last days of the Empire, Ayşe Kulin's novel recounts the collapse of the Ottomans... It is a story of human suffering and tragedy...By choosing to tell her story of an era through the eyes of a particular family living in a particular mansion in a city besieged, Ayşe Kulin follows in the tradition of the great historical novel.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789752896192 (9752896197)
Publisher: Everest
Pages no: 414
Edition language: English
Excessive exposition may make for a graceless novel, but it's a fault I'm very glad of in this instance, since this book depends on the details of the events of the last year of the Ottoman Empire, 1920. The author's grandfather was the empire's final Finance Minister, and his story is the heart of ...
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