This is the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the 'life-artist' Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute. The institute's quixotic quest: to make sure all the clocks in Turkey are set to Western time. Thus begins a brilliant satire about the calamitous arrival of Western and corporate values in tradition-bound Turkey.
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Livres
23 juin 1901 – 24 janvier 1962
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar s'impose comme une figure primordiale de la littérature turque moderne, reconnu pour ses romans et essais d'une grande profondeur. Il a masterfullement synthétisé des influences culturelles orientales et occidentales, tissant la musique classique turque et des paysages oniriques dans sa poésie. Son œuvre explore les complexités psychologiques, les courants historiques et les défis de la modernisation, examinant les liens complexes entre la société et l'individu, ainsi que les dimensions philosophiques du temps. À travers des récits tels que "L'Institut de Régulation du Temps", il offre une critique ironique de la bureaucratie et des changements sociétaux, dépeignant la lutte de l'individu pour s'adapter à la vie contemporaine.
A Mind At Peace
- 451pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Heralded as the Turkish Ulysses, A Mind at Peace is a lyrical tribute to the beautiful city of Istanbul, set on the eve of WWII. Tanpinar memorably captures the anxieties of a cosmopolitan Istanbul family during the early years of the Turkish Republic, founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. Both a historical novel and a love story, it addresses issues of language, music, tradition, politics and modernity and has received Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's highest compliment as 'the greatest novel ever written about Istanbul'.