| Dear Shameless Death Contributor(s): Tekin, Latife (Author), Paker, Saliha (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0714530549 ISBN-13: 9780714530543 Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 Annotation: A nihilistic wit reminiscent of Samuel Beckett.?"Independent on Sunday" This is the strange, magical story of a young girl growing up in modern Turkey, from her birth in a small rural village haunted by fairies and demons to her traumatic move to the big city. Based on her own childhood experiences, Latife Tekin's literary debut marked a turning point in Turkish fiction. Concentrating on a daughter's struggle against her overbearing mother set against the pressures of a rapidly changing society, "Dear Shameless Death" is a fantastic, hallucinatory novel, with strong feminist insights about what it means to be a woman growing up in Turkey today. A major best seller in her native Turkey, Latife Tekin maintains a politically active presence and has written a number of literary works. Her first novel, "Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills," was published by Marion Boyars to great critical acclaim. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001035042 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 4.79" W x 8.03" (0.39 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A nihilistic wit reminiscent of Samuel Beckett.?Independent on Sunday This is the strange, magical story of a young girl growing up in modern Turkey, from her birth in a small rural village haunted by fairies and demons to her traumatic move to the big city. Based on her own childhood experiences, Latife Tekin's literary debut marked a turning point in Turkish fiction. Concentrating on a daughter's struggle against her overbearing mother set against the pressures of a rapidly changing society, Dear Shameless Death is a fantastic, hallucinatory novel, with strong feminist insights about what it means to be a woman growing up in Turkey today. A major best seller in her native Turkey, Latife Tekin maintains a politically active presence and has written a number of literary works. Her first novel, Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills, was published by Marion Boyars to great critical acclaim. |