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Tanpinar's ‘Five Cities’
Series: Anthem Cosmopolis Writings
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Ideal for readers interested in travel, history, Anatolian culture, and literary reflections on time and memory. Suitable for fans of literary travelogues and Turkish literature.
In 'Five Cities' ('Be ehir'), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar focuses on cities significant in Anatolian history and his own emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, 'Five Cities' is Proustian in style with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author's country.
First English translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's ‘Beş Şehir’.
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First English translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's Be ehir.
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's Five Cities was first published in Turkish as Be ehir in 1946 and revised in 1960. It consists of five essays, each focused on a city significant in Anatolian history and in Tanpinar's emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, Five Cities is Proustian in style, with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author's country.
Comparable to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul: Memories of a City, Five Cities emphasizes personal attitudes and reactions but has a wider scope of geography, history and culture.
Series: Anthem Cosmopolis Writings
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Five Cities, translated by Ruth Christie, has been praised as a first-rate achievement and an essential addition to any collection highlighting Turkey. — Vince Czyz, Arts Fuse
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781783088485
Publisher: Anthem Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 November 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Anthem Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Ruth Christie
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 228
About the Author
Ruth Christie studied Turkish language and literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK. She has translated a large number of works of Turkish fiction and poetry into English.
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