Serenade
№37168 Created: 11 October 2024
Genre:
Novel
Binding:
solid
Author:
Zulfu Livaneli
Publishing house:
Revolution Bookstore
Language:
Turkish
“A wonderful book about a lifelong love.” Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung
“A symphony that reads like the classics.” Neue Zurcher Zeitung
“Serenade will not only become permanent in Turkish literature but will also take its place as an important work in world literature.”
Prof. Dr. Onur Bilge Kula
“Favorite Book of the Year” Boston Globe Readers - “Best Book of the Year” PopMatters
In this impressive novel, based on the story of a refugee ship sunk during World War II,
an elderly German-born professor comes to Istanbul from the United States to visit the place where he last saw his beloved wife. Maya Duran is a single mother trying to
balance her demanding job at Istanbul University with the difficulties of raising a young son . Maya is assigned to host Prof. Maximilian Wagner, who has come upon the invitation of the university. Although she seems indifferent to the events developing around her and the Professor at first, thanks to this mysterious sixty-year-old story, she slowly learns many dark truths about her own roots. Inspired by the 1942 Struma disaster , in which around 800 Jewish refugees lost their lives when the ship carrying them to Palestine was torpedoed off the coast of Turkey, Serenade is both a touching love story and an unforgettable narrative of the power of human relationships in crisis. Translated into many languages, Serenade has reached readers all over the world, especially in its English edition, and is a Livaneli novel that interweaves music, literature and recent history.
“A symphony that reads like the classics.” Neue Zurcher Zeitung
“Serenade will not only become permanent in Turkish literature but will also take its place as an important work in world literature.”
Prof. Dr. Onur Bilge Kula
“Favorite Book of the Year” Boston Globe Readers - “Best Book of the Year” PopMatters
In this impressive novel, based on the story of a refugee ship sunk during World War II,
an elderly German-born professor comes to Istanbul from the United States to visit the place where he last saw his beloved wife. Maya Duran is a single mother trying to
balance her demanding job at Istanbul University with the difficulties of raising a young son . Maya is assigned to host Prof. Maximilian Wagner, who has come upon the invitation of the university. Although she seems indifferent to the events developing around her and the Professor at first, thanks to this mysterious sixty-year-old story, she slowly learns many dark truths about her own roots. Inspired by the 1942 Struma disaster , in which around 800 Jewish refugees lost their lives when the ship carrying them to Palestine was torpedoed off the coast of Turkey, Serenade is both a touching love story and an unforgettable narrative of the power of human relationships in crisis. Translated into many languages, Serenade has reached readers all over the world, especially in its English edition, and is a Livaneli novel that interweaves music, literature and recent history.
№37168 Created: 11 October 2024
