Bliss
of O.Z. Livaneli, Zülfü Livaneli
Description
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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304 pages
- Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
- Publication Date September 4th 2007
- First Publication 11/29/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9780312360542
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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