Like a Sword Wound
Publishing Details
Like a Sword Wound
By (Author) Ahmet Altan
Translated by Yelda Turedi
Translated by Brendan Freely
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
11th October 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
894.3534
Physical Properties
352
Width 135mm, Height 210mm
Description
"A deeply compelling and immersive narrative about love, desire, loneliness and landscape."-Elif ShafakAltan'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.
Author Bio
Ahmet Altan, one of todays most important Turkish writers and journalists, was arrested in September 2016 and is serving a life sentence on false charges. An advocate for Kurdish and Armenian minorities and a strong voice of dissent in his country, his arrest and conviction received widespread international criticism (51 Nobel laureates signed an open letter to Turkeys president calling for Altans release). Altan is the author of ten novelsall bestsellers in Turkeyand seven books of essays. In 2009 he received the Freedom and Future of the Media Prize from the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig, and in 2011 he was awarded the International Hrant Dink Award. The international bestseller Endgame was his English-language debut, and was named one of the fifty notable works of fiction of 2017 by The Washington Post. Like a Sword Wound is the winner of the prestigious Yunus Nadi Novel Prize in Turkey.
