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Tulip of IstanbuL is a historical novel depicting the Ottoman empire?s most glorious times in art and aesthetic, elegance and grandeur of dreams. At the same time, it was an era of splurge and wastage, of economic and social collapse. Known as the Tulip Age, this period saw in 1730 a great public revolt which changed the course of Turkey?s destiny.The novel begins with the story of a young man who finds his beautiful wife murdered on the wedding night. What is more perverse, the innocent young man himself is charged with the murder of his own wife and thrown into prison. In order to prove his innocence and to find the murderer of his lover, his only clue is a tulip bulb that he found in the palm of his dead wife. He has a secret identity which he was initially unaware of; he is a prince, a sultan?s son, who has grown up outside the palace. An intrigue develops in the power circle about his rumoured existence.The story is interweaved with historical and cultural detail, introducing the reader to life within royal palaces and dervish lodges, to horticultural secrets about growing exclusive tulips, innovative treatment for the insanes in the asylum, torture devices in the prison, and to the conspiracies hatched in coffee houses and hamams by disaffected revolutionaries and gangsters.Iskender Pala creates a bewitching tapestry of the splendours and vices of Istanbul at a time when the world was still in thrall to its military, political, and artistic achievements. About the Author Iskender Pala was born in U?ak in 1958 and received his undergraduate degree from the faculty of literature of Istanbul University in 1979. He received his Doctorate in Ottoman Divan Literature from the same university in 1983. His short stories, essays, academic papers and newspaper columns have inspired his readers to see Divan literature in a new light. A recipient of the Turkish Writer?s Association Prize (1989), The Turkish Language Foundation AKDTYK Prize (1990) and the Turkish Writer?s Association Essay Prize (1996), he was given the title ?The People?s Poet? by popular vote in U?ak. His booksDeath in Babylon, Love in Istanbul, Tulip of Istanbul andThe King and the Sultan, Od and Mihmandar have won numerous literary awards and enjoy a wide readership. Honoring his success, he was granted the 2013 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in literature. ?skender Pala is married with three children and teaches at Kültür University. www.iskenderpala.comTranslator Ruth Whitehouse was a professional violinist before completing a PhD in Modern Turkish Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She participated in the Cunda International Workshop for Translators of Turkish Literature in Turkey (2009-2012). Her published translations include: Ali and Ramazan by Perihan Ma?den, The Last Tram by Nedim Gürsel, Hotel Bosphorus and Bakhsheesh by Esmahan Akyol and a number of short stories in different anthologies.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789391125233
  • Publisher: Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd.
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 18 mm
  • No of Pages: 392
  • ISBN-10: 9391125239
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2021
  • Edition: First
  • Language: English
  • Width: 138 mm

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