Tezer Özlü (1943-1986) lived in Turkey, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul, Berlin and Zurich. Cold Nights of Childhood is her first novel translated into English.Maureen Freely is a writer, translator and Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies and a member of English PEN.

A remarkable account of mental breakdown and the long, dark road to recovery ... Maureen Freely as translator is particularly deft in capturing the beauties of Özlü's own writing

Tezer Özlü (1943-1986) lived in Turkey, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul, Berlin and Zurich. Cold Nights of Childhood is her first novel translated into English.Maureen Freely is a writer, translator and Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies and a member of English PEN.

A remarkable account of mental breakdown and the long, dark road to recovery ... Maureen Freely as translator is particularly deft in capturing the beauties of Özlü's own writing

Tezer Özlü (1943-1986) lived in Turkey, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul, Berlin and Zurich. Cold Nights of Childhood is her first novel translated into English.Maureen Freely is a writer, translator and Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies and a member of English PEN.

A remarkable account of mental breakdown and the long, dark road to recovery ... Maureen Freely as translator is particularly deft in capturing the beauties of Özlü's own writing