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Author Suman, Defne, 1974- author.

Title The silence of Scheherazade / Defne Suman ; translated by Betsy Göksel.

Publication Info. London : Head of Zeus, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2164101~S1
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 95th Street Adult Fiction  F SUMAN    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F SUMAN    AVAILABLE
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Description vii, 502 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note Translated from the Turkish.
Summary On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore, and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, 17 years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames. But let us not rush, for much will happen between then and now. Birth, death, romance and grief are all to come as these peaceful, cosmopolitan streets are used as bargaining chips in the wake of the First World War.
Subject Families -- Fiction.
İzmir (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Added Author Göksel, Betsy, translator.
ISBN 9781800246959 (hbk.)
1800246951 (hbk.)
9781800246966 (pbk.)
180024696X (pbk.)
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