In 1999, Sinan is caught up in everyday problems. Despite hardships, he must be a role model for his nine-year-old son Ysmail, who is preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony. Meanwhile his teenage daughter Yrem grows more resentful of having to help her mother run the house, cover her glorious hair beneath a headscarf, and refrain from watching Western television. But the delicate stability of this family is about to be tested in the wake of an earthquake that will strip Sinan of his home and livelihood, and with them his certainty as a father, husband and man of faith. Reliant upon missionaries running the camp they now call home and morally indebted to an American whom he distrusts (and whose son Dylan exerts a frightening pull on Yrem), Sinan becomes entangled in a series of increasingly dangerous decisions. Pushed towards a final betrayal, Sinan may yet find that everything he holds dear is destroyed, like the streets of Istanbul that lie in rubble beneath his feet. East meets West with indelible consequences in this moving and beautifully written novel which brings to life two unforgettable families and the sacrifice and love that bind them together.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9780747595304
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 352
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 15m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 03/12/2007
Año de edición: 2007
Plaza de edición: London
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Alan Drew
Alan Drew nació y creció en el sur de California y ha viajado por toda Europa, Asia y Oriente Próximo. Ha sido profesor de literatura inglesa en un colegio de Estambul, al que llegó apenas cuatro días antes del devastador terremoto que tuvo lugar en 1999 en el oeste de Turquía. Actualmente es profesor de literatura de ficción en la Universidad Villanova.