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Death in Troy
Bilge Karasu
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Description for Death in Troy
Paperback. From one of Turkey's most influential authors, an arresting novel about male intimacy and desire. Translator(s): Aji, Aron. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Mushfik is a young man growing up in Turkey, first in Sarikum, a small coastal village, and later in urban Istanbul. He comes of age in an atmosphere of sublimated, disoriented eroticism, his impulses restrained by religious and sexual taboos, rigid gender roles, stifling maternal love, and the enforced silences of social decorum. Unable to adapt easily to society's unspoken rules, he is driven to the point of insanity from which he must slowly and painfully return. Told from several points of view and structured in a series of intersecting flashbacks and interior monologues, Death in Troy describes the ... Read more
Mushfik is a young man growing up in Turkey, first in Sarikum, a small coastal village, and later in urban Istanbul. He comes of age in an atmosphere of sublimated, disoriented eroticism, his impulses restrained by religious and sexual taboos, rigid gender roles, stifling maternal love, and the enforced silences of social decorum. Unable to adapt easily to society's unspoken rules, he is driven to the point of insanity from which he must slowly and painfully return. Told from several points of view and structured in a series of intersecting flashbacks and interior monologues, Death in Troy describes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872864016
SKU
V9780872864016
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Reviews for Death in Troy
"...an authentic look at ...sexual consciousness in a culture where sexual norms are strictly regulated by religion and custom."—Echo Magazine, January 10, 2003 "...several scraps of beauty [are] scattered among this linked series of stream-of-consciousness texts."—Out Magazine, August 2002 "Disjointed and elliptical, this novel is a flawed gem about homosexual love, as ... Read more