The Delights of Turkey: Twenty Tales Tapa dura - 1977

New Directions, NY, 1977. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. Ex-library copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: literature; ISBN: 0811206696. ISBN/EAN: 9780811206693. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19123. . 9780811206693

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1979. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" jacket with staining along top edge).

New York. 1977. New Directions. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0811206696. 184 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Gertrude Huston. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Edouard Roditi's THE DELIGHTS OF TURKEY is a confection that reminds us that short fiction need not be only a relentless probing of everyday anguish. Here is a score of witty and ingenious stories, set for the most part in Asia Minor, where the centuries-long mingling of Turks and Armenians, Greeks and Jews has evolved a vibrant culture rich in diversity. The tales are often bawdy or fanciful in the manner of the THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, while others are more poignantly humorous in style, as we meet pasha, princess, and peasant, become privy to the intrigues of the Ottoman harem, or follow the merchant caravans on their journeys east. The collection itself is arranged thematically in four parts. ‘A City Built on Seven Hills' sketches a timeless Istanbul. ‘The Chronicles of Bok Koy'… Leer más

New Directions: New York, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First hardcover edition. First edition. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1979-06. Hardcover. New.

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 1979-06-01. Hardcover. Like New. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p.

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