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The Endless Country

By Sami Kent

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The Endless Country

By Sami Kent

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Captivating. Kent effortlessly weaves travels that are close to his heart into a bigger story of Turkey's past and present' - Mishal Husain 'A rich, spellbinding book: dense with people, stories, history, colour, lived experience . . . The book is alive on every page' - Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of Others The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey's past - the nation the author's father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man. It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent's book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family's favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup. From tiny weightlifters to the world's biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey's past: its people, their ideas and their struggles. 'This is surely how history should be told - human, fun, alive' - The Telegraph
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2025-06-26
Publication Date:
2025-06-26
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529099277
ISBN13:
9781529099270
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
230 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
194 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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