Tanpinar's 'Five Cities'

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's 'Five Cities' was first published in Turkish as 'Beş Şehir' in 1946 and revised in 1960. It consists of five essays, each focused on a city significant in Anatolian history and in Tanpinar's emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, 'Five Cities' is Proustian in style, with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author's country. Comparable to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's 'Istanbul: Memories of a City', 'Five Cities' emphasizes personal attitudes and reactions but has a wider scope of geography, history and culture.

Author: Ahmed Hamdi Tanpinar
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 11/15/2018
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781783088485
ISBN10: 1783088486
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- History | Essays

About the Author

Ruth Christie studied Turkish language and literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK. She has translated a large number of works of Turkish fiction and poetry into English.