
I Am Istanbul
Buket Uzuner(Author)
Dalkey Archive Press
Will be published approx. on 16. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
421 pages
978-1-56478-891-7 (ISBN)
Description
This delightful tour of a site rich with both history and mythology serves as an introduction not only to the city of a thousand names but to the very spirit of its inhabitants.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-891-7 (9781564788917)
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Buket Uzuner
I Am Istanbul
E-Book
04/2013
1st Edition
Columbia University Press
€16.49
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Persons
Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara 1955. She is the author of short stories, travel writing, and novels, as well as being trained as a molecular biologist and environmental scientist. She has studied and worked at universities in Turkey, Norway, the United States, and Finland, and was a fellow at the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1996. She has won numerous awards, including the Yunus Nadi Prize for her novel The Sound of Fishsteps in 1993, and the University of Istanbul named The Mediterranean Waltz Best Novel of 1998. She currently lives in Istanbul with her son. Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara 1955. She is the author of short stories, travel writing, and novels, as well as being trained as a molecular biologist and environmental scientist. She has studied and worked at universities in Turkey, Norway, the United States, and Finland, and was a fellow at the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1996. She has won numerous awards, including the Yunus Nadi Prize for her novel The Sound of Fishsteps in 1993, and the University of Istanbul named The Mediterranean Waltz Best Novel of 1998. She currently lives in Istanbul with her son.