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The Silence of Scheherazade
Taschenbuch von Defne Suman
Sprache: Englisch

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Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore, and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, seventeen years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames. But let us not rush, for much will happen between then and now. Birth, death, romance, and grief are all to come as these peaceful, cosmopolitan streets are used as bargaining chips in the wake of the First World War. Told through the intertwining fates of a Levantine, a Greek, a Turkish, and an Armenian family, this unforgettable novel reveals a city, and a culture, now lost to time.
Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore, and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, seventeen years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames. But let us not rush, for much will happen between then and now. Birth, death, romance, and grief are all to come as these peaceful, cosmopolitan streets are used as bargaining chips in the wake of the First World War. Told through the intertwining fates of a Levantine, a Greek, a Turkish, and an Armenian family, this unforgettable novel reveals a city, and a culture, now lost to time.
Über den Autor
Defne Suman
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781800246966
ISBN-10: 180024696X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Suman, Defne
Übersetzung: Göksel, Betsy
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 226 x 143 x 39 mm
Von/Mit: Defne Suman
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,582 kg
Artikel-ID: 119439055
Über den Autor
Defne Suman
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781800246966
ISBN-10: 180024696X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Suman, Defne
Übersetzung: Göksel, Betsy
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 226 x 143 x 39 mm
Von/Mit: Defne Suman
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,582 kg
Artikel-ID: 119439055
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