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
|
| LSN: |
1-4773-1309-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781477313091 |
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