The Oracle of Stamboul: A Novel - Couverture souple

Lukas, Michael David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 006201210X ISBN 13 : 9780062012104

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Lukas Michael David

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Beguiling. . . . Lukas veers from the tried-and-true, making The Oracle of Stamboul a novel that offers delightful surprises.” (Jane Ciabattari, Los Angeles Times)

“Lukas . . . brings a raconteur’s sense of storytelling, a traveler’s eye for color and a scholar’s sense of history to his first novel. . . . Lukas has given us a Turkish delight.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“An enchanting, gorgeous read . . . Lukas captures the scents and sounds, the vivid beauty, the subtle intrigue and simultaneous naivety, of the Ottoman Empire unaware of its imminent demise.” (Siobhan Fallon, author of You Know When the Men are Gone)

“A stunning debut . . . Lukas has managed to create an instant classic that feels as if it should be retroactively slipped into the great libraries of the old world.” (Reif Larsen, author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet)

“Michael David Lukas charms in his debut.” (Vanity Fair)

“A lyrical debut...A passionate novel that beautifully conveys the flavor of Turkish culture...focusing on the effect a young prodigy has on the political leaders of the time.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“This first novel by a promising young writer is both vivid historical fiction and a haunting fable.” (Library Journal)

“The exotic sights and sounds of nineteenth-century Turkey spring vividly to life in Lukas’ promising debut.” (Booklist (starred review))

“A magical debut.” (Good Housekeeping)

“The Oracle of Stamboul is a delight, a gem of a first novel.” (Read All Day)

Quatrième de couverture :

Ushered into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwives late in the summer of 1877 in the town of Constanta on the Black Sea, Eleonora Cohen proves herself an extraordinarily gifted child—a prodigy—at a very young age. When she is eight years old, she stows away aboard a ship, following her carpet merchant father, Yakob, to the teeming and colorful imperial capital of Stamboul where a new life awaits her.

In the narrow streets of this city at the crossroads of the world, intrigue and gossip are currency, and people are not always what they seem. But it is only when she charms the eccentric Sultan Abdulhamid II—beleaguered by friend and foe as his unwieldy realm crumbles—that Eleonora will change the course of an empire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 006201210X
• ISBN 13: 9780062012104
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320