Purporting to be a novel but historically sound, this book is set in the early twentieth century in the dying world of the Ottoman Empire. Through the eyes of the inhabitants in a tiny Anatolian village, with great humour but with a rare understanding of the Turkish viewpoint, the author describes multi-ethnic communities living in peace and respect until the meddling of foreign powers destroyed them. More valid today than ever. Not to be missed.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 37 December 2006 ) |
