Like a Sword Wound (Ottoman Quartet Book 1)

An embarrassment of riches from a trip to the used bookstore. Very excited to read several in here that I had been looking for for a while! #europacollective

jlhammar Wow, what a gorgeous stack! 1mo

BarbaraBB That is an incredible bookhaul! 😍 1mo

Gleefulreader @BarbaraBB @jlhammar I couldn‘t resist. They are normally $25-29 pre-tax here in Canada. These ranged at the used store for $5-10 at the most! 1mo

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julieclair Wow…. 1mo

mcctrish I want to shop where you shop ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

Gleefulreader @mcctrish if you make it into Toronto, it‘s the BMV on Bloor St! 1mo

mcctrish Ooo I‘m going in 2 weeks ✔️ 1mo

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Like a Sword Wound | Ahmet Altan

#BookBinge Day 28: There is gorgeous #HairOnCover in this Europa Editions novel from Turkey.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love her red hair 👩‍🦰 9mo

Eggs Great cover 9mo

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jfount

Like a Sword Wound | Ahmet Altan

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A man in the present day is visited by the ghosts of his ancestors and their associates, who detail their political and personal dramas in the declining days of the Ottoman Empire. In the first 75 pages, this mostly looks like a guy watching his great grandfather‘s first wife experience sexual awakening... but the book quickly expands and becomes an absorbing and compelling set of intertwining tales. The ‘ghost‘ framing is interesting; it‘s >>

jfount >> not obtrusive (mostly the story is narrated like any omniscient third person novel), but the frame allows for a degree of hindsight to be introduced as events are happening. I enjoyed this and will probably be interested in the next of the series whenever it comes out in English. 5y

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jfount

Like a Sword Wound | Ahmet Altan

Pg. 122-3.

jfount

Like a Sword Wound | Ahmet Altan

“When he reached the age of twenty-four, his father decided he should marry. Naturally, when the Sultan said, ‘How is your dear son, Pasha, apparently he hasn‘t married yet, the young should be made to marry,‘ it played an important role in the making of this decision; the Sultan believed that unmarried people were more dangerous, and he was correct in this belief.”

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