LIKE SWORD WOUND
Language: English Publication details: New York Europa Editions 2018/01/01Edition: 1Description: 344ISBN:- 9781787701540
- F ALT/LI
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lending | Ernakulam Public Library Fiction | Fiction | F ALT/LI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E196037 |
Browsing Ernakulam Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Fiction, Collection: Fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
F ALM/MU MUNIRA'S BOTTLE : | F ALT/BI BIRDWATCHING : Novel | F ALT/GU GULDAAR : warlord of the Hindu Kush : a novel | F ALT/LI LIKE SWORD WOUND | F ALT/LO LOVE IN THE DAYS OF REBELLION | F AMA WHY I KILLED MY BEST FRIEND | F AMA/DH DHANAPATIR CHAR : Whatever, Happened to Pedru's Island |
Altan's Ottoman Quartet spans the fifty years between the final decades of the 19th century and the post-WWI rise of Ataturk 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.
There are no comments on this title.