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THE ATS BOOK CLUB is a new program of the American Turkish Society that will provide members with recommendations, resources, and lively discussions in order to promote a greater understanding of Turkey through books. We will be reading critically acclaimed fiction and non-fiction that offer insights into Turkey's history, current affairs, people, culture, and relations with the world. The recommendations below represent a wide variety of books - set during the Ottoman times and in modern Turkey; contemporary works and those from as early as the 30s; written by Turkish and non-Turkish authors; touching on women's issues, urban and rural life, religion, and much more. We will discuss these books with assistance from moderators such as book critics, academics, and, when possible, authors. At each meeting of the Club, members will together decide on the next selection. Please enjoy the books and feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestions. |
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BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS
Louis de Bernieres
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Discussed on September 7, 2006 with Moderator Frances Kazan, author of Halide's Gift
The author of Corelli’s Mandolin offers an epic chronicle of the making of modern Turkey. The novel traces the fortunes of a small community in southwest Turkey, where Christian and Muslim lives and traditions co-existed peacefully over the centuries.
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ATS Readers Guide_Birds Without Wings.pdf |
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HALIDE'S GIFT
Frances Kazan
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Discussed on November 9,2006 with author Frances Kazan and Moderator Professor Sibel Erol, New York University
Set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, in a society undergoing massive change, this novel is loosely inspired by the life of the great Turkish writer and early feminist Halide Edib Adivar.
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ATS Readers Guide_Halide's Gift.pdf |
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SNOW
Orhan Pamuk |
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Discussed on January 11, 2007 with Esra Akcan, Columbia University
The prominent contemporary Turkish author examines the clash between East and West in modern Turkey. Ka, an exiled poet, travels to a small Turkish town near the Armenian border to investigate a wave of suicides and search out a past love.
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ATS Readers Guide_Snow.pdf |
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Please contact us at info@americanturkishsociety.org or 212.583.7614 for more information about ATS bookclub. |
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A Mind at Peace
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Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar |
| Set on the eve of World War II, Peace of Mind captures the anxieties of a Turkish family facing the difficult reality entrenched in the early Republic, founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. Poetically drawing on the effects of cultural upheaval on the individual, Tanpinar illuminates the precarious balance between tradition and modernity, East and West. Translation supported by The American Turkish Society's Arts and Culture Program. |
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For additional recommended books, please see the ATS Book Club Guide: |
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ATS Book Club Guide.pdf
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