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Zusatztext Tanpinar (1901-62) was a formative figure in modern Turkish letters! although 50 years after his death! his career in English is just getting off the ground. His monumental A Mind at Peace (1949)! which Orhan Pamuk has called “the greatest novel ever written about Istanbul!” found its way into English in 2008 (Archipelago). Set just before World War II! it conjures on a vast scale the world of Istanbul during the early Turkish Republic! a time when modern Western values were abruptly imposed upon a people and a culture unprepared for them. The ramshackle modernity that resulted! in which Ottoman history and tradition were largely written over! became Tanpinar’s lasting subject: the “void!” as he once described it! of a people “suspended between two lives.” — New York Times Book Review [A] masterpiece. . .[A] honeyed! searching! and melancholy epic. . .The novel is as much about its setting and colors as about the stories and wonderfully eccentric and varied panoply of characters. . .One of the 20th century's notable literary love stories and cultural watersheds. — The Los Angeles Times The greatest novel ever written about Istanbul. — Orhan Pamuk Tanpinar's sweeping literary masterpiece is a love story of his native Turkey and of The flesh…His lyricism and resonant plot will leave U.S. readers wondering why they've had to wait so long to read this exquisite novel. — Publishers Weekly Every page is full of sharp insights into human nature! delivered with a linguistic confidence that cracks like a whip and warms one from the inside with a glow of recognition—the recognition that no matter how far away we think we might be from one another in time and space! we are all distilled from the very same mixture of passion and compassion! intelligence and foolishness. — Ugur Akinci A beautifully melodic picture of Istanbul and the Bosphorus during a crossroad of Turkish and world history. We shouldn’t have had to wait this long for such an important work. — Literary Fiction Review Written by the man who almost single-handedly defined the modern Turkish novel! A Mind At Peace follows a group of westernized! urban intellectuals in 1930s Istanbul as they drift through the city in a permanent state of ennui! seemingly caught between the past and the present! tradition and modernity! the East and the West. — Reza Aslan His great novel combines the emotional storminess of Dostoevsky with the refined artificiality and cruel psychological analysis of Marcel Proust. — Ha'aretz Informationen zum Autor Ahmet Hamdi Tanipar (1901-1962) was a poet! short story writer! novelist! essayist! literary historian! member of the Turkish parliament! and professor at Istanbul University. Deeply influenced by Valéry and Bergson! he created a cultural universe in his work! bringing together a European literary voice and the sensibilities of Istanbul cosmopolitanism. His work! notable for its aesthetic complexity and its vivid descriptions of a lost Ottoman world! was rediscovered a decade after his death. He is considered one of the most significant Turkish novelists of the 20th century and is credited as an influence on many Turkish writers! including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. Translator: Erdag Göknar is an assistant professor of Turkish Studies at Duke University. He is the translator of Orhan Pamuk's historical novel! My Name is Red ! which received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003. He is also the recipient of an NEA translation grant for A Mind at Peace . Klappentext A Mind at Peace! originally published in 1949! is a magnum opus! a Turkish Ulysses and a lyrical homage to Istanbul. With an innate awareness of how dueling cultural ...
