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Description for My Grandmother
Paperback. A passionate memoir of the author's discovery of her grandmother's true identity. Translator(s): Freely, Maureen. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Growing up in the small town of Maden in Turkey, Fethiye Çetin knew her grandmother as a happy and respected Muslim housewife called Seher.
Only decades later did she discover the truth. Her grandmother's name was not Seher but Heranus. She was born a Christian Armenian. Most of the men in her village had been slaughtered in 1915. A Turkish gendarme had stolen her from her mother and adopted her. Çetin's family history tied her directly to the terrible origins of modern Turkey and the organized denial of its Ottoman past as the shared home of many faiths and ways ... Read more
Growing up in the small town of Maden in Turkey, Fethiye Çetin knew her grandmother as a happy and respected Muslim housewife called Seher.
Only decades later did she discover the truth. Her grandmother's name was not Seher but Heranus. She was born a Christian Armenian. Most of the men in her village had been slaughtered in 1915. A Turkish gendarme had stolen her from her mother and adopted her. Çetin's family history tied her directly to the terrible origins of modern Turkey and the organized denial of its Ottoman past as the shared home of many faiths and ways ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844678679
SKU
V9781844678679
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Fethiye Çetin
Fethiye Cetin is a Turkish human-rights lawyer who has represented, among others, Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007. This is her first book.
Reviews for My Grandmother
Gripping and thought-provoking ... Spare and elegant ... This moving testimony transcend politics and brings the Armenian tragedy to life with tenderness as well as sadness.
Independent
A striking memoir.
Irish Times
A compelling and beautifully written account of family stories and secrets, and a heartfelt call to peace and harmony.
Elif Shafak My Grandmother ... Read more
Independent
A striking memoir.
Irish Times
A compelling and beautifully written account of family stories and secrets, and a heartfelt call to peace and harmony.
Elif Shafak My Grandmother ... Read more