Istanbul is the beating heart of this breakthrough collection of short stories by Turkish women. In more than 20 stories, established and emerging women writers illuminate a mythical, magnificent, confounding and quotidian Istanbul—a city imagined, and a city lived in all its elegance and grit. Readers who know Istanbul will find in these pages the city they recognize—and another that's strikingly new. For those just discovering Istanbul, this book introduces corners, stories and lives that give the city its contours and its soul. The first anthology translated from Turkish featuring only the works of women, Istanbul is a treasure: an original, intimate and sweeping view of one of the world's greatest cities. Featuring short stories by 27 women writers, including Nalan Barbarosoğlu, Oya Baydar , Gaye Boralıoğlu, Müge İplikçi, Gül İrepoğlu, Şebnem İşigüzel, Berrin Karakaş, Feryal Tilmaç and more.
Istanbul is the beating heart of this breakthrough collection of short stories by Turkish women. In more than 20 stories, established and emerging women writers illuminate a mythical, magnificent, confounding and quotidian Istanbul—a city imagined, and a city lived in all its elegance and grit. Readers who know Istanbul will find in these pages the city they recognize—and another that's strikingly new. For those just discovering Istanbul, this book introduces corners, stories and lives that give the city its contours and its soul. The first anthology translated from Turkish featuring only the works of women, Istanbul is a treasure: an original, intimate and sweeping view of one of the world's greatest cities. Featuring short stories by 27 women writers, including Nalan Barbarosoğlu, Oya Baydar , Gaye Boralıoğlu, Müge İplikçi, Gül İrepoğlu, Şebnem İşigüzel, Berrin Karakaş, Feryal Tilmaç and more.
