The Turk and My Mother - Hardcover

Stefaniak, Mary Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393059243 ISBN 13: 9780393059243

Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004

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Book by Stefaniak Mary Helen

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AS MYSTERIOUS, complicated, and improbable as any real family, four generations are brought to vivid life in pages spanning the entire twentieth century, from the outer reaches of Siberia to the heartland of America. Why does prudish Agnes nearly faint during a movie featuring Omar Sharif? Did she, or didn't she, make love with a Turk--or was he Croatian?--back in the Old Country? Why didn't Uncle Marko ever write home after he was taken prisoner in World War I? How did Grandmother come to know the blind Gypsy violinist Istvan, who turns up for a visit? As for the Polish Kaszube girl, Georgia's first love--was she his half-sister? Warm, intelligent, and beautifully written, "The Turk and My Mother immerses the reader in the sheer, indulgent pleasure of storytelling. A magisterial symphony in the form of a comic novel about immigrant life, inevitable death, and forbidden love, this is a book sure to win the hearts of a large audience.

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In a multi-generational family saga spanning the twentieth century, prudish Agnes's past comes into question when she faints during a Omar Sharif movie, Uncle Marko's World War I imprisonment is brought to light, a blind gypsy violinist from the past visits the family matriarch, and the truth is lea

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• Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0393059243
• ISBN 13: 9780393059243
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316