Sách - Love in the Days of Rebellion by Yelda Türedi (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Independent Alliance Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781787702479 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 496 Dimensons: 210 x 135 x 30 | 400 (gram) ---------------------------------------- The second instalment in the Ottoman Quartet—the masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altan—follows the vast and vivid cast of characters introduced in the first volume of the series, Like A Wound. By weaving together tortured love affairs, political intrigue, power struggles, and social upheavals, the novel offers a powerful and vivid tableau of the cr of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.The second instalment opens with the attempted suicide of Hikmet Bey, the son of the sultan’s personal physician. The reason for his extreme gesture is, to forget the extremely beautiful and proud Mehpare Hanım, his wife and the cause of all his suffering. While Hikmet recovers in a hospital in Thessaloniki, slowly regaining his strength and will to live, radical changes are afoot in the Ottoman capital. The power of the sultan is eroding, a rebellion is brewing, and violence erupts on the streets of Istanbul. It is the eve of one of the key events that will lead to the collapse of the Empire: the countercoup of 1909.With striking clarity and imaginative power, Altan evokes the traumas and upheavals of Ottoman history, showing how—over a hundred years later—the events and wounds of that time still resonate in the tensions and contradictions of today’s Turkey.Altan was arrested in September 2016 and is still imprisoned. An advocate for Kurdish and Armenian minorities, and a central figure in the Turkish cultural world (Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk has written about his arrest and signed an open letter calling for his release, together with J.M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, Elena Ferrante, Neil Gaiman). Op-eds: Philippe Sands/The Guardian (November 2019), Washington Post (May 2020), New York Times (February 2018) The author was interviewed by former PEN Director Jo Glanville for The Guardian (June 2018) Turkey’s present portrayed through the lens of its turbulent recent past For readers of The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk, The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak, Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières Review Quote“Ahmet Altan is one of the foremost voices in Turkish literature and has much to say to the world.” Review Quote“An impassioned, captivating dance, a waltz between and desire that does not release you for even a single moment.” Review Quote“Sweeping and superbly written, Love in the Days of Rebellion sheds light on one of the most painful and overlooked chapters of Ottoman history, perfectly combining literature and historiography.” Review Quote“The entire novel radiates with extreme beauty.” Review Quote"A breathless portrait of late-19th century Istanbul—the corrupt, violent and authoritarian core of a failing empire." Review Quote“A really powerful book. It’s epic, but it also reminded me of Joyce’s Dubliners: there’s an intimacy there with characters and places…” Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....