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Ayşe Kulin

    Ayşe Kulin is een hedendaagse Turkse romanschrijfster en columniste, wier werken zich vaak verdiepen in menselijke relaties en historische gebeurtenissen. Haar schrijven onderscheidt zich door het vermogen om in de psychologie van personages door te dringen en hun innerlijke werelden met diepgaand begrip weer te geven. Door middel van haar romans en korte verhalen verkent ze thema's als familie, liefde, verlies en maatschappelijke verschuivingen, waarbij ze regelmatig put uit de Turkse geschiedenis en cultuur. Haar verhalende stijl staat bekend als meeslepend en emotioneel resonant, waardoor lezers zich volledig kunnen onderdompelen in haar verhalen.

    Rose of Sarajevo
    Without a Country
    Farewell
    Last Train to Istanbul
    Love in Exile
    Aylin
    • Aylin

      • 333bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen
      4,0(5212)Tarief

      Born to an old Ottoman family that had embraced the ideals of the newly founded republic, Aylin attended the American College For Girls and later went to Paris to continue her education. Thus began a life with head-spinning pace: a hasty marriage towards becoming a Libyan princess, medical educaiton that led to a successful career as a psychiatrist, numerous further marriages that never lasted long, a career in the American army as a lieutenant colonel... Even her death had a touch of her characteristic flair; its cause has remained a mystery to this date. This book reveals the tumultuous life Aylin Devrimel.

      Aylin
    • Love in Exile

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen
      3,7(134)Tarief

      Sabahat, a beautiful young Muslim woman, is known in her family for her intelligence, drive, and stubbornness. She believes there is more in store for her life than a good marriage and convinces her parents to let her pursue her education, rare for young Turkish women in the 1920s. But no one--least of all Sabahat herself--expects that in the course of her studies she will fall for a handsome Armenian student named Aram. After precious moments alone together, their love begins to blossom. Try as she might to simplify her life and move on, Sabahat has no choice but to follow her heart's desire. But Aram is Christian, and neither family approves. With only hope to guide their way, they defy age-old traditions, cross into dangerous territory, and risk everything to find their way back to each other. One of Turkey's most beloved authors brings us an evocative story of two star-crossed lovers inspired by her own family's history

      Love in Exile
    • When Selva, the daughter of one of the few remaining Ottoman Pashas, falls in love with Rafael, a young Jewish man, their families are against their marriage and disown them. Together they go to live in France, but happiness eludes them there too. With the advent of the Second World War they get caught up in Hitler's web of terror. While the Nazi grip tightens around them, they live with the fear of being rounded up and sent to a concentration camp. At the same time Turkey is desperately trying to avoid being drawn in to the war, walking the tightrope between the Axis and the Allies very carefully. In this new novel Ayse Kulin successfully follows through both the developments in her country during the war and the lives of Selva and Rafael in Europe. The story moves back and forth between Istanbul and Marseilles, Ankara and Cairo and Paris, to Berlin and back to Istanbul. In so doing it also highlights the courageous work of the Turkish diplomats who risked their lives to save hundreds of Jews stranded in Europe from being massacred by the Nazis. All of Ayse Kulin's novels are page turners and this one is no exception. It is a novel about love and escape, interwoven with the history of one of Europe's most tumultuous times.

      Last Train to Istanbul
    • Farewell

      • 414bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen
      3,6(93)Tarief

      Set in Istanbul during the last days of the Empire, Ayşe Kulin's novel recounts the collapse of the Ottomans... It is a story of human suffering and tragedy... By choosing to tell her story of an era through the eyes of a particular family living in a particular mansion in a city besieged, Ayşe Kulin follows in the tradition of the great historical novel.

      Farewell
    • Without a Country

      • 332bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen
      3,5(1210)Tarief

      Originally published in Turkish in Turkey by Everest Yay ̧nlar ̧ in 2016 under title: Kanad ̧ k ̧r ̧k kuðslar.

      Without a Country
    • Rose of Sarajevo

      • 268bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen
      3,5(444)Tarief

      "Ever since Nimeta was a child, she'd done exactly what was expected of her. She married a responsible man she met in college, had two children, and established a busy journalism career--and there was no reason to think anything would ever change. Then one day, while reporting on a protest in Zagreb, Nimeta's life takes a dramatic turn. Not only does she lay eyes on a handsome reporter who captures her heart, but a little-known politician by the name of Slobodan Milosevic delivers a speech fanning the flames of long-dormant Serbian nationalism. As her love affair intensifies and political tensions build, Nimeta is forced to reconsider everything she once took for granted." --Page 4 of cover.

      Rose of Sarajevo
    • Sarajevo

      Of Love and War

      • 264bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Sarajevo was hellish. Stefan didn't even recognize some parts of the city. All the main roads were barricaded. There was always something burning in the middle of the streets... The deathly silence was ruptured by the staccato report of machine guns; of exploding bombs, of sniper shots. The building in Ali Pasino Polye where he'd sometimes made love with Nimetawas riddled with holes. Nothing had been left unscathed. Still, life somehow went on... This book tells a love story which florished during the horrendous war in Bosnia between the years 1992-96. Under heavy bombing and tragic conditions love was still possible.

      Sarajevo
    • Türkan

      Tek ve Tek Başına - Anı-Roman

      • 344bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen
      4,5(12)Tarief

      Bir ülkeden cüzamı kovdu. Türk, Kürt, Süryani demeden, kırsalın evlere hapsedilmiş kızlarına kapıları araladı, ışık tuttu yollarına.Hırpaladılar, yerden yere vurdular, ne gâvurluğu kaldı ne Kürtçülüğü, ne komünistliği. Ömrünün son döneminde de darbeci yerine kondu. Umurunda bile olmadı.Çünkü o sadece yüreği insan sevgisiyle dolu bir hekimdi. Hayatı boyunca tek isteği, iyi ve dürüst bir insan olmaktı.“Bütün işlerimi tamamladım. Konser gecesini de atlattıktan sonra, kemoterapiyi kestireceğim. Yolcu yolunda gerek!”

      Türkan
    • Veda

      • 485bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen
      4,4(45)Tarief

      Ayşe Kulin, Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun son günlerinde, işgal altındaki İstanbulda bir konakta yaşananları anlatıyor bu kez. Son Maliye Nazırı ve ailesi aracılığıyla o dönemin resmini çizen Veda, çökmekte olan bir tarih ile yeni bir gelecek arayan Milliciler arasında sıkışan o dönem Osmanlı aydınının da öyküsünü dile getiriyor.Ayşe Kulinin her zamanki ustalıklı ve sürükleyici üslubu ile okurlarının elinden bırakamayacakları bir kitap bu. Günümüz Türk edebiyatında neredeyse eşsiz olan, biyografik veriler ile roman tekniğini birleştirmekteki ustalığını bir kez daha sergileyen Kulin, bu kez bir İstanbul öyküsü bir imparatorluk tarihini birlikte ele alıyor.

      Veda