The Endless Country
Sami Kent
Paperback, 336 pages
9781529099270
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A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred YearsÂ
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The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey's past - the nation the author's father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.
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It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent's book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family's favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.
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From tiny weightlifters to the world's biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey's past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.
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Sami Kent
Paperback, 336 pages
9781529099270
Â
A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred YearsÂ
Â
The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey's past - the nation the author's father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.
Â
It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent's book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family's favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.
Â
From tiny weightlifters to the world's biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey's past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.
