pickThe story, while not quite stream-of-conscious is told in one continuous flow – there are no chapter breaks. It is the story of a young Turkish girl, from womb to young womanhood, growing up in grinding poverty in the 1950s and 1960s until her escape as a foreign worker in Germany. Mostly told in first perspective, it mixes in stories, dreams, imagination, repetition, and raunchy details to create a fabled autobiography.
panBook 6 was Life is a Caravanserai. Our knowledge about Turkey is sorely laking and was really a barrier to us understanding the context of this book. Any suggestions of other books by Turkish authors? #1001books #readtheclassics #bookpodcast
so-soThis book reads like a dreamy trip. It is the coming of age story of a girl in Turkey, but it is also the story of her family and ancestors, and their stories and beliefs. Mix this with some fairy tales, some magical realism a bit of Islam and the vividly described smells and spices of Turkey and you get this exceptional novel. Surely worth the read. #1001books
Life is a Caravanserai, Has Two Doors, I Came in One, I Went Out the Other: Das Leben Ist Eine Karawanserai, Hat Zwei Türen, Aus Einer Kam Ich Rein, Aus Der Anderen Ging Ich Raus | 
#BookSpinBingo, @TheAromaofBooks, @Clwojick, #MerryReaders #WinterGames +1 participation +15; +90 for 9 hrs reading for #ReadYourWay, @TheSpineView (edited) 3y