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Turkey Rediscovered: A Land Between Tradition and Modernity

Turkey Rediscovered: A Land Between Tradition and Modernity

by KlausReichert (Author)

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    Hardcover 2016

    $13.44
Synopsis

This book, available for the first time in English, is an exhilarating journey through Turkey s history and a perceptive look at the interactions between secularism, religion, and multiethnicity. Without a guide and driven only by his own curiosity, Klaus Reichert travels to Anatolia, Istanbul, and the Aegean coast. He explores the strip of land where Adam and Eve are said to have settled after their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and where Moses struck water from stone. While following in the footsteps of the brilliant architect Mimar Sinan and investigating the mysteries of his mosques, Reichert speaks to an old stonemason and a young teacher, visits one of the last remaining colonies of a rare breed of ibis, and walks the wide expanses surrounding the archaeological sites of western Turkey. Finally, he draws parallels between Kilim weaving, minimal music, and modernity as a whole. Under Reichert s gaze, what is seen and learned becomes a colorful and provocative collection of images and patterns.A one-of-a-kind travelogue that touches on Turkey s traditions, natural history, and political divisions, Turkey Rediscovered shows us a new side to a land we thought we already knew.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 120
 Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09 Nov 2016
ISBN 10: 1909961086
ISBN 13: 9781909961081

Media Reviews
Klaus Reichert is a traveller full of ideas and erudition . . . wise enough to be humbled by the intellect and symbolism of classical Ottoman architecture or curious enough to lose himself in the spontaneousrhythms of traditional Turkish flat weaves. --Andrew Finkel, author of Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know
Klaus Reichert is a traveller full of ideas and erudition . . . wise enough to be humbled by the intellect and symbolism of classical Ottoman architecture or curious enough to lose himself in the spontaneous rhythms of traditional Turkish flat weaves. --Andrew Finkel, author of Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know
Author Bio
Klaus Reichert, born in 1938, is a literary critic, author, translator and publisher. He taught English and American Literature at the University of Frankfurt and was president of the German Academy for Language and Literature. He has written books on and translated works by James Joyce, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll and Virginia Woolf.Eugene H. Hayworth is the translator of several works of contemporary German fiction and non-fiction, including Jens Muhling's A Journey into Russia.