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Defne Suman
'Vivid, evocative and tender.' Elif Shafak
'In our family, secrets were buried deep like treasure, never to be spoken of...'
Melike should be happy: school is shut and her parents…
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Set alternately between 2003 and 1974, during the Turkish army's invasion of Cyprus, Defne Suman's third novel to be translated into English tells of one woman's place in her country's…
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One hot summer day in 2003, 40-year-old art historian Melike Isik she leaves her summer home in Princes Island and takes the ferry to Fener, one of the oldest neighbourhoods…
Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, revealing the psychological consequences of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this historical novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman…
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Defne Suman, Betsy Guksel (trans.)
