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  • The City in Crimson Cloak

    by Asli Erdogan ...
    Translated by Amy Spangler ...
    From an “exceptionally sensitive and perceptive” Turkish writer and human rights activist (Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature), the captivating story of a writer whose own autobiographical novel forces her to come to terms with the dichotomy of the city she once loved: Rio de Janeiro.Özgür is a young woman on fire: poor, hungry, and on the verge of a mental breakdown. She has ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Istanbul Noir

    Edited by Mustafa Ziyalan, Amy Spangler ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    Istanbul Noir presents stories from a city at once ancient and modern, Asian and European, postcard-perfect and simmering with rage."Istanbul straddles the divide of Europe and Asia, and its polyglot population of 12 million seethes with political, religious, and sexual tensions, as shown in the 16 stories in this strong entry in Akashic's noir anthology series . . . a welcome complement to the ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Noontime in Yenisehir

    by Sevgi Soysal ...
    Translated by Amy Spangler ...
    Series series Turkish Literature
    A prism-like plot brings seemingly disparate lives together in this award-winning novel of love, betrayal, and political awakening. Set in 1960s Turkey, the story centers on Ali, Dogan, and Olcay, and vividly depicts the struggle between the older generation, content with the new (post-Ottoman) Turkey, and the rebellious young generation seeking change.In this unforgettable, epic portrait of 1960s ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aeolian Visions / Versions

    Modern Classics and New Writing from Turkey

    Edited by Mel Kenne, Saliha Paker, Amy Spangler ...
    Series series Turkish Literature
    A rich collection of Turkish voices, translated and celebrated. Aeolian Visions / Versions presents over 70 literary works, including poetry, short fiction, essays, and interviews, translated from Turkish to English.Born from the annual Cunda Workshop for Translators of Turkish Literature, this anthology showcases modern and contemporary Turkish voices. Explore themes of cultural identity, social ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Serenity Murders

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Translated by Amy Marie Spangler ...
    Series Book 3 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    Oh, no! Burçak Veral—kickboxing transvestite, nightclub owner, Audrey Hepburn lookalike, and amateur sleuth—has finally been invited to strut her stuff on a local television show. But during her appearance, an angry viewer calls in vowing to kill off everyone close to Burçak. Later that night, the show’s host is shot dead. What did Burçak do to infuriate the mystery caller? And in a city as ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • A Strange Woman

    by Leylâ Erbil ...
    Translated by Nermin Menemencioğlu, Amy Marie Spangler ...
    The pioneering debut novel by one of Turkey's most radical female authors tells the story of an aspiring intellectual in a complex, modernizing country.In English at last: the first novel by a Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. A Strange Woman is the story of Nermin, a young woman and aspiring poet growing up in Istanbul. Nermin frequents coffeehouses and underground readings, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Remains

    by Leylâ Erbil ...
    Translated by Alev Ersan, Amy Marie Spangler, Mark David Wyers ...
    An experimental collection of "proems" from poet and author Leylâ Erbil, the first Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel.These poems recount the history and present of the Turkish state, from the Byzantine Empire through the twentieth-century Turkey of Erbil's experience. Now available for the first time in translation, What Remains is a fearless, deeply felt collection from one of the ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Kiss Murder

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Series Book 1 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency meets Pedro Almodovar in this outrageous new series featuring an ultra-glamorous sleuthA male computer technician by day and a transvestite hostess of Istanbul's most notorious nightclub by night, the unnamed heroine of The Kiss Murder is the most charming and hilarious sleuth to debut in recent memory. When Buse, one of the "girls"at her club, fears someone ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Gigolo Murder

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Series Book 2 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    Istanbul?s most fabulously flamboyant sleuth is back in her second hilarious adventureWith its exotic Istanbul setting and racy peeks into the city?s nightlife, The Kiss Murder left readers eager for more of Mehmet Murat Somer?s charmingly original heroine. Software programmer by day and drag-queen club owner by night, our girl is back again, just jilted and feeling so blue she?s violet?until she ... Read more

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  • Strange Times, My Dear

    The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

    Edited by Nahid Mozaffari, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak ...
    When Arcade Publishing originally contracted this extraordinary collection of poetry and literature, the Department of the Treasury was attempting to censor the publication of works from countries on America’s “enemies list.” Arcade, along with the PEN American Center, the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, and the Association of American University ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Red-Haired Woman

    A novel

    by Orhan Pamuk ...
    From the Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them.On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a well digger and his young apprentice—a boy fleeing the confines of his middle class home—are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Book of Khartoum

    A City in Short Fiction

    by Ali al-Makk, Ahmed al-Malik, Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin, Bawadir Bashir, Rania Mamoun, Bushra al-Fadil, Mamoun Eltlib, Hammour Ziada, Isa al-Hilu, Arthur Gabriel Yak ...
    Series series Reading the City
    Khartoum, according to one theory, takes its name from the Beja word hartooma, meaning meeting place . Geographically, culturally and historically, the Sudanese capital is certainly that: a meeting place of the Blue and White Niles, a confluence of Arabic and African histories, and a destination point for countless refugees displaced by Sudan s long, troubled history of forced migration.In the ... Read more

    $7.37 USD