Stone and Shadow - A Novel

This gorgeous, haunting saga tells the story of modern Turkey and its diverse communities through the life of a gravestone maker. In the city of Mardin, near Turkey’s border with Syria, the orphaned Avdo finds purpose when an old mason takes him on as an apprentice. From Master Josef, he learns the importance of their art, which looks after the dead and bears witness to their lives. Avdo then travels the country and meets a woman he loves wholeheartedly, only to lose her through a tragic crime. Resigned to a lonely existence, he retreats from the world into his cemetery workshop, but even there, life, with all its sorrows, joys, injustices, and gifts, draws him in unexpected directions. ;;;;An intimate, indelible epic,

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Dawe, Burhan Sonmez, Burhan Sönmez
• Publisher: Other press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2023
• EAN: 9781635422771
• ISBN: 978-1-63542-277-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 202 mm x 28 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature