Fifteen-year-old Meryem lives in a rural village in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes herâand condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the âhonor killingâ is his son Cemal, a commando in the Turkish army. So begins a long, mystifying voyage for Meryem as her shell-shocked cousin ushers her to the shining metropolis of Istanbul where another troubled soul, the Harvard-educated professor Irfan, embarks on his own journey of transformationâone that catapults him into the heart of Meryem and Cemalâs conflict. The crossed-paths and interwoven destinies of these three characters makes for an affecting, by turns brutal and life-affirming portrayal of traditional and modern-day Turkey that no reader will soon forget. âLivaneli is an essential force in Turkeyâs musical, cultural, and political scene.â
--Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize Winner and author of Snow
âBliss is eye-opening and deeply moving.â
--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
âCompelling [for] American readers â¦hard to put down.â
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
âWith lush scenes of Turkish life and nuanced depictions of the [charactersâ] inner lives. . .a convergence of lost, likable souls.â
--Entertainment Weekly O. Z. Livaneli, one of Turkeyâs most prominent authors, is also an accomplished composer, and previously served as an elected member of the Turkish Parliament.
Finalist for the 2006 Discover Award, Fiction
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Heritage
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Author : Livaneli, O. Z.
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2007-09-04
Number Of Pages : 304
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0312360541
ISBN-13 : 9780312360542
Item weight : 0.55 lb
Dimensions : 0.6 in x 5.5 in x 8.1 in
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