{"product_id":"9781788314961","title":"The Lion and the Nightingale : A Journey Through Modern Turkey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lion and the Nightingale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kaya Genç\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist Kaya Genc travelled around his country on a quest to find the places and people in whom the contrasts of Turkey's rich past meet. As suicide bombers attack Istanbul, and journalists and teachers are imprisoned, he walks the streets of the famous Ottoman neighbourhoods, telling the stories of the ordinary Turks who live among the contradictions and conflicts of Anatolia, one of the world's oldest civilizations. \u003ci\u003eThe Lion and the Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e presents the spellbinding story of a country whose history has been split between East and West, between violence and beauty - between the roar of the lion and the song of the nightingale. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together a mixture of memoir, interview and his own autobiography, Genc takes the reader on a contemporary journey through the contradictory soul of the Turkish nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The individual narratives of the people Genç writes about, or through, compose the book’s story as a whole while situating it within the fluctuating political atmosphere of the country. This anchoring moves the reader through various human experiences — disappointment, failure, representation — with thorough exploration and deep empathy, while also examining potential future projections of a young nation.” - \u003ci\u003eFull Stop\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His English has a clear, distanced perceptivity underscored by his cultural and linguistic objectivity. \u003ci\u003eThe Lion and the Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, however, enters deeply into the work of fellow Turkish journalists who write in Turkish, with special empathy for their struggles, personalities, and careers on the other side of a distinctly opaque language barrier.“ - \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The brilliant Kaya Genç returns again to examine modern Turkey with his blend of deep historical learning, on-the-ground reporting, and hard-won, convention-defying nuance.” —\u003ci\u003eMolly Crabapple, author of 'Drawing Blood'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e““In this masterful chronicle of Turkey, Genc sketches extraordinary lives in an extraordinary time. Intimate, intelligent, detailed, full of life: It will become a classic.\"” —\u003ci\u003eAndrew Greer, author of 'Less' - 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781788314961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40739252863182,"sku":"9781788314961","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_cd4ae734-fe21-482a-8371-94bfb143d7df.jpg?v=1641359666","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781788314961","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}