Bliss - Livaneli O. Z. - 2007

This is the first edition in the English language. 276 pages. Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. Pages are lightly tanned. Meryem, a fifteen-year-old girl, lives in a rural village on the shores of Lake Van in Eastern Turkey. Her simple life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her. She is considered an outcast for shaming her family. When she is locked in a shed and left alone for days, she comes to the painful realization that her family expects her to hang herself. When she refuses to do her duty, her cousin and childhood playmate Cemal is charged with carrying out the honour killing to "take her to Istanbul" as the village euphemism goes. By chance, their paths cross with Irfan, an older and sophisticated professor from Istanbul who has abandoned his elite existence. Together they embark on a journey that sets them free. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0312360541. ISBN/EAN: 9780312360542. Inventory No: 16080003. By: Livaneli O. Z. Year: 2007 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: