From Life Itself

Turkey and Istanbul in the Age of Erdogan

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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'A richly textured human history' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS TO READ THIS APRIL'Intimate and revealing' MOHSIN HAMID'A gripping portrait of a crisis-ridden Turkey' PANKAJ MISHRAPulitzer finalist Suzy Hansen chronicles the age of authoritarianism in Turkey - through an intimate portrait of its peopleIn the midst of a world in upheaval, Erdogan has remade Turkey in his own image. Once a shining portal that straddled East and West, Istanbul's streets now teem with nationalistic fervour, political repression and rampant corruption. And it's here, in the old Ottoman neighbourhood of Karagumruk, that Suzy Hansen goes looking for the truth about modern Turkey.Through the lives of its inhabitants, Hansen shows how local conflicts are spiralling into regional crises, deepening the fault lines now fracturing Europe and the Middle East. A dazzling account of a nation on the frontlines of history, From Life Itself chronicles the rise of an autocrat, the resurrection of an empire - and the human stories unfolding in its shadow.'A dizzying tour de force that leaves the reader with a sense of wonder' ELIF BATUMAN

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-07
Mått:128 x 196 x 28 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:9781806491506

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SUZY HANSEN lived for more than a decade in Istanbul, where she was a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. She has written for publications including the New Yorker, Observer, London Review of Books, New York Review of Books and many more. Her first book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction and the winner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award. She has taught writing at Princeton University, New York University, and Bard College. She lives in New York.

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A dizzying tour de force: the simultaneously cosmic and microscopic record of a transformative decade in Istanbul, Turkey, and the world. Current events and political analyses are deftly interwoven with, and sometimes subverted by, firsthand accounts of life as it is actually lived. By turns gutting and exhilarating, filled with vitality and humanity, Hansen's writing defies cynicism, thwarts easy generalizations, and leaves the reader with a sense of wonder