The Palace of Tears - Hardcover
In the Ottoman Empire lived Kukla, who had one blue eye and one yellow, and spoke both French and Turkish. In 1868 Paris, Casimir falls in love with a face in a portrait - a woman with one blue eye and one yellow. Two people, worlds apart, are destined to dream the same dream, as East meets West in the building of the Suez Canal.
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"Each chapter glows like a small, precious jewel."
-- The Washington Post "Alev Croutier's grown-up fairy tale, with its strangely mesmerizing events, operates in a wonderful space between story and history and lures the reader into that place directly."
-- Diane Johnson, author of Le Mariage "A beautiful little book ... like a rare perfume or an exquisite painting, it commands our complete, rapt attention."
-- Roanoke Times "This is an enchanting tale of love: a man dreams of a woman while she dreams of a man who is dreaming of her. It reminds me of Silk by Alessandro Baricco, and One Thousand and One Nights, but Alev Croutier has a voice of her own, soft and poetic, like music in a Turkish garden."
-- Isabel Allende, author of Daughter of Fortune
About the Author:
-- The Washington Post "Alev Croutier's grown-up fairy tale, with its strangely mesmerizing events, operates in a wonderful space between story and history and lures the reader into that place directly."
-- Diane Johnson, author of Le Mariage "A beautiful little book ... like a rare perfume or an exquisite painting, it commands our complete, rapt attention."
-- Roanoke Times "This is an enchanting tale of love: a man dreams of a woman while she dreams of a man who is dreaming of her. It reminds me of Silk by Alessandro Baricco, and One Thousand and One Nights, but Alev Croutier has a voice of her own, soft and poetic, like music in a Turkish garden."
-- Isabel Allende, author of Daughter of Fortune
Alev Croutier was born in Turkey. She has written and directed award-winning independent films and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (the first ever for a screenplay) for her work on Tell Me a Riddle. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller Harem: The World Behind the Veil. She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0091793661
- ISBN 13 9780091793661
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages183
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the Ottoman Empire lived Kukla, who had one blue eye and one yellow, and spoke both French and Turkish. In 1868 Paris, Casimir falls in love with a face in a portrait - a woman with one blue eye and one yellow. Two people, worlds apart, are destined to dream the same dream, as East meets West in the building of the Suez Canal. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR000960057
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