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Bliss: a Novel O. Z. Livaneli 1st edition
Bliss: a Novel
O. Z. Livaneli
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 her?and condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the ?honor killing? 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 transformation?one that catapults him into the heart of Meryem and Cemal?s 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. ?Livaneli is an essential force in Turkey?s musical, cultural, and political scene.?
--Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize Winner and author of Snow
?Bliss is eye-opening and deeply moving.?
--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
?Compelling [for] American readers ?hard to put down.?
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
?With lush scenes of Turkish life and nuanced depictions of the [characters?] inner lives. . .a convergence of lost, likable souls.?
--Entertainment Weekly O. Z. Livaneli, one of Turkey?s most prominent authors, is also an accomplished composer, and previously served as an elected member of the Turkish Parliament.
| Medios de comunicación | Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado) |
| Publicado | 4 de septiembre de 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780312360542 |
| Editores | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Páginas | 304 |
| Dimensiones | 140 × 210 × 20 mm · 434 g |
| Lengua | Inglés |