This delightful tour of a site rich with history and mythology – yet populated by men and women with real lives and problems: often sordid, frustrating, petty, and by no means romantic – serves as an introduction not only to the city of a thousand names but to the spirit of its inhabitants, their daily worries as well as the grand tapestry in which they all struggle to find happiness. Buket Uzuner, one of Turkey's most popular authors, here takes on the voice of the city of Istanbul itself, introducing us to earthy artists, pious janitors, egotistic businessmen, and earnest academics – all of whom are forced into one another's lives by a mysterious computer failure stranding them in Atatürk Airport. Some will have their wishes come true, some will have their hearts broken, some may even die before the day is up, but whatever their fates, the reader will be unlikely to forget them.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor:Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara in 1955. She is the author of short stories, travel writing, and novels, as well as being trained as a molecular biologist and environmental scientist. She has studied and worked at universities in Turkey, Norway, the United States, and Finland, and was a fellow at the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1996. She has won numerous awards, including the Yunus Nadi Prize for her Novel The sound of Fishsteps in 1993, while the University of Istanbul named The Mediterranean Waltz Best Novel of 1998. She currently lives in Istanbul with her son.
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