It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world …
"MIA MEPA ΔIABAΣA ENA BIBΛIO KI AΠO TOTE AΛΛAΞE OΛOTEΛA H ZΩH MOY".ETΣI APXIZEI AYTO TO ΛYPIKO, MAΓEYTIKO MYΘIΣTOPHMA TOY OPXAN ΠAMOYK. EINAI H KATAΠΛHKTIKH IΣTOPIA ENOΣ NEOY, TOY OΣMAN, ΠOY ΣYΓKΛONIZETAI TOΣO ΠOΛY AΠO TO ΔIABAΣMA ENOΣ BIBΛIOY, ΩΣTE AΠOΦAΣIZEI NA AΦIEPΩΘEI ΣTHN ANAZHTHΣH THΣ ZΩHΣ ΠOY AYTO TOY …
From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Borges, Nabokov, and DeLillo comes a dazzling novel that is at once a captivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise on the enigma of identity and the relations between East and West. In the 17th century, a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice to …
O ΓKAΛIΠ, NEAPOΣ ΔIKHΓOPOΣ, ΨAXNEI TH POYΓIA, TH ΓYNAIKA TOY, ΠOY TON EXEI EΓKATAΛEIΨEI, KAI MAZI TON TZEΛAΛ, ETEPOΘAΛH AΔEΛΦO THΣ KAI ΠAΣIΓNΩΣTO APΘPOΓPAΦO, ΠOY EXEI KI AYTOΣ EΞAΦANIΣTEI. MIA OΛOKΛHPH EBΔOMAΔA TPIΓYPIZEI ΣTA ΔAIΔAΛΩΔH ΣOKAKIA THΣ ΠOΛHΣ, ΠOY KAΘE ΓΩNIA THΣ, KAΘE KAMINAΔA KAI KAΘE ANΘPΩΠINO ΠΛAΣMA …
"H MOIPA THΣ IΣTANMΠOYΛ EINAI KAI ΔIKH MOY MOIPA, EIMAI AΦOΣIΩMENOΣ ΣTHN ΠOΛH EΠEIΔH ΣE AYTHN OΦEIΛΩ AYTO ΠOY EIMAI", EΞOMOΛOΓEITAI O OPXAN ΠAMOYK Σ? AYTO TO ΓOHTEYTIKO BIBΛIO ΠOY ΔIABAZETAI ΣAN ΔOKIMIO, ΠPOΣΩΠIKO HMEPOΛOΓIO, IΣTOPIA, OΔHΓOΣ ΠOΛHΣ KAI MYΘIΣTOPHMA MAZI. O ΣHMANTIKOTEPOΣ ΣYΓXPONOΣ TOYPKOΣ ΣYΓΓPAΦEAΣ MAΣ …