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Boundless Solitude (Turkish Literature) - Softcover

Selim Ileri (author)

 
9781840598568: Boundless Solitude (Turkish Literature)

Synopsis

Boundless Solitude tells the story of Handan Sarp, a soprano at the Istanbul City Opera who has struggled throughout her life to come to terms with her lesbianism in a society that shuns the open expression of female queerness. The novel is constructed as a series of vignettes, which highlight the nature of memory as a means of reconstructing the past. Sarp is a woman whose future holds no hope and whose life is shaped by the loneliness that results from her inner struggles as a lesbian in the restrictive social environment of Istanbul.

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About the Author

Selim Ileri is the author of 22 novels and a number of collections of short stories, including "Saturday Loneliness" and "The Final Day of Friendship," which was awarded the Sait Faik Literary Award. In 1998, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism awarded him the title of National Artist.

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