Tracking the decline and fall of the Ottoman empire, Ahmet Altan's Ottoman Quartet spans fifty years from the end of the nineteenth century to the post-WWI rise of Atatu*rk as leader of the new Turkey. In Like a Sword Wound, a modern-day resident of Istanbul is visited by the ghosts of his ancestors, finally free to tell their stories "under the broad, dark wings of death. " Among the characters who come to life are 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 Turki Like a Sword Wound - Ahmet Altan od authora Ahmet Altan a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Ahmet Altan |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
320 |
Rok vydání |
2018 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Nakladatelství |
Europa Editions |