The Black Rose of Halfeti (Paperback)

The Black Rose of Halfeti opens with a letter delivered at midnight in Ankara, Turkey. In this letter, an elderly doctor who has begun to experience the first signs of dementia professes his love and desire for a relationship with the narrator, a woman in middle age beginning to contemplate her own mortality. From there, the novel moves between Mardin, Izmir, and Ankara; the past and the present; and the real and the imagined as the narrator seeks to know the doctor both in his prime and in his struggle to hold senility at bay. In these dreamlike landscapes, the author effortlessly introduces King Darius, the Spanish director Luis Bunuel, the actress Silvia Pinal, and the archetypal dream woman as the narrator's guides in her efforts to understand the human psyche. Nazli Eray has established herself as a master of magical realism, the perfect tool to bring to life this poignant meditation on love, aging, and the role of memory. And, as in her earlier novels, she paints vivid images of the urban landscapes of Turkey, capturing both the present and the past.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Nazli Eray
Translators:	Robert Finn
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-1309-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-4773-1309-5
Barcode:	9781477313091

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