Maureen Freely Knihy

From Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, comes the best of twenty years work. A collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, Other Colours ranges from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. Reflections on Pamuk s first passport, his first trip to Europe, his father s death, his recent court case, and the Istanbul earthquake share space with pieces on writers as various as Laurence Sterne, Dostoyevsky, Kundera, Rushdie, and Patricia Highsmith. There are additional sections on Istanbul, New York where Pamuk lived for two years and on the writing of each of his novels. Interspersed among these are photographs, paintings, some of Pamuk s own black and white drawings, as well as Looking Out the Window , a short story originally published in Granta. My Father s Suitcase, Pamuk s 2006 Nobel Lecture, a brilliant illumination of what it means to be a writer, completes the selection from the figure who is now without doubt one of international literature s most eminent and popular figures.

Set during the critical moments of the Cuban missile crisis, the narrative captures the tension and urgency as global leaders grapple with the impending threat of nuclear war. With just moments to spare, characters are faced with moral dilemmas and high-stakes decisions that could alter the course of history. The story immerses readers in the atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, highlighting the fragile nature of peace during a pivotal time in the Cold War.

Děj dalšího románu držitele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu se odehrává v Turecku v 70. letech minulého století. Na jaře 1975 se Kemal, třicetiletý syn bohaté istanbulské rodiny, chystá zasnoubit se Sibel a žít bezstarostným životem. Těsně před zásnubami však potká mladičkou Füsun, svou vzdálenou příbuznou, a ta se stane jeho osudovou láskou. Přesto se zasnoubí se Sibel. Svou tragickou chybu si uvědomí příliš pozdě: zhrzená Füsun ho opouští a Kemalovi se hroutí svět. Aby přežil, tvoří si soukromé „muzeum nevinnosti“, jež léta posedle plní stovkami předmětů dokumentujících jeho vztah s Füsun – exponáty prodchnutými zrovna tak tíživými vzpomínkami na ztracenou lásku jako nekonečnou melancholií Istanbulu.

Román tureckého nositele Nobelovy cenu za literaturu zavádí čtenáře do provinčního městečka Kars, ztraceného v horách na východě Turecka a odříznutého na několik dní od světa vánicí. Hlavní hrdina, básník a politický exulant Ka, se tam vydává, aby napsal reportáž o záhadných sebevraždách muslimských dívek a zároveň se znovu setkal se svou láskou z mládí. V Karsu jako bychom spolu s Kaem sledovali na zrychleném filmovém pásu dramatické scény z minulosti i přítomnosti Turecka, které se mísí s poetickými obrazy sněhu.

NAMED A MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE MILLIONS Set in a changing Istanbul, this rediscovered 1940s classic from a pioneering Turkish author tells the story of a forbidden love and its consequences. Raised by her grandmother in one of the famed yalıs, elegant yet crumbling, that line the Bosphorus, Celile occupies a unique space between the old world of the Ottoman Empire and the new world of the Republic. She drifts through ten years of marriage, reserved even with her husband, never tempted to stray from the safe path of respectability. And then one night, intoxicated by a soulful tango, she is suddenly seized with a mad passion for another man, whose reckless pursuit of her should offend but doesn’t. Torn between two men who want to possess her, Celile attempts to live a life true to herself, always keenly aware of the limits placed on her as a woman. In the Shadow of the Yalı marks the highly anticipated English-language debut of feminist writer and activist Suat Derviş. Her sensitive, strikingly modern portrayal of a love affair, with its frank emphasis on the influence of money, provides a fascinating contrast to classic tales of infidelity such as Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary.

Jeannie Wakefield needs help. Her family is being held by the US authorities. M is a journalist and at Jeannie's request she returns to Istanbul to investigate. She tries to be objective, but Jeannie's husband is also M's first love.

This work explores why feminism comes into conflict with women who have children, and why women with children suffer when they try to put feminist ideas into practice.

My Blue Peninsula is a confession that fills seven notebooks, with a final notebook left mostly empty. In them, Dora Giraud tries to explain to her adult daughters why she remains in Istanbul after escaping death at the hands of extremists, and why she risks her life to campaign for the truth about the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian genocides, ferociously denied for a century by the Turkish state. Dora's desperate need to understand her family history is the thread that binds this story's conflicting fragments. As the direct descendant of the genocides' victims and perpetrators, she carries a tangled legacy of loss and betrayal, lies and ill-gotten gains. With this confession, she hopes to set her daughters free. But can she? My Blue Peninsula is Maureen Freely's fourth novel set in Istanbul, the city of her childhood. In each, a character from the sidelines of the preceding novel takes centre stage to probe a mystery left pending. We first met Dora Giraud in Sailing Through Byzantium as the observant daughter of a famously bohemian household who could not, then, speak the truth.

Freelys Thema ist ädas befremdende Vorurteil gegenüber Mütternä als zentralem Problem des modernen Feminismus. Ihr frischer, herzhafter Zugriff auf Alltag und Rolle von Müttern ist zugleich ironisierender Sozialreport und enthält auch konstruktive Thesen.