Ahmet Ümit

Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland (eBook, PDF)

Übersetzer: Jobanputra, Rakesh

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Taking place in Istanbul, Salonika, Paris and Macedonia between 1908 and 1926, Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland is the story of lives that have been turned upside down by rebellion, revolution and war. It is the story of the Greek declaration of independence, of the Jews of Salonika being forced into exile, of the Bulgarians fighting for their independence and of the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the struggle to create a new nation out of its crumbling ruins. It is also the story of one man's search for his true calling amidst the chaos of a turbulent historical era, the story of a man caught between his love for his country and his love for his woman. Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland is a story of unfulfilled dreams and the call of history. And underpinning it all is one fundamental question, one fundamental struggle: which takes precedence - the state or the people?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 638
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785271045
• Artikelnr.: 63604278

Autorenporträt

Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep in 1960. He is the author of over 20 bestselling novels and is one of Turkey's and the world's foremost crime fiction writers. His novels, short stories, plays and essays have been translated into 26 languages worldwide.

Rakesh Jobanputra studied at the University of Birmingham and at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. He has translated a number of works of Turkish literature. He currently lives in Istanbul.

Inhaltsangabe

Death Begins with the Loss of Our Cities...
Are You Going to Be a Killer?
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Your Decision
Dogs Smelling Blood on a Hunt
The Meaning of This Empire for Us
Confronting Death
The Ancient Wound
The Essence of the State
Becoming the Hunted
Like Two Wistful Flowers
The World's Greatest Mystery
The Love That Will Never Fade
What Does a Single Individual Matter?
A Game of Revenge
The Motherland Is Lost
The Only Thing Keeping Me Alive
No Intention of Surrendering
A Man's Word Is His Honour
An Inappropriate Sense of Compassion
A Token of a Conversation
I Am Not the One to Decide
Miracles
The Ability to Forgive Ourselves
Losing One's Humanity
No Choice But to Fight
Give Me an Honourable Death
The Walking Dead
Save Yourself, Soldier
Wishing for Help from the Dead
Resign, Your Excellency!
A False Sense of Security
The True Power in the Land
Betrothed to Life, Married to Death
When the Wolf Dies in the Forest
This Is Not Ankara
Vultures Circling Over an Old Man
Ignoble Alliances
A Betrayal of Their Own History
Fighting for a Lost Cause
Evil Stalks This Land
A Malevolent Rain
A Fragmented Homeland, a Disintegrating World
Turning Us All into Killers
When I Began Losing My Country
Farewell, My Beautiful Homeland
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