Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples

Awards:   Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2010 Shortlisted for Orwell Prize 2010.
Author:   Christopher De Bellaigue
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9780747596769


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 April 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples


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  • Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2010
  • Shortlisted for Orwell Prize 2010.

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"What is the meaning of love and death in a remote, forgotten, impossibly conflicted part of the world? In ""Rebel Land"" the acclaimed author and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue journeys to Turkey's inhospitable eastern provinces to find out. Immersing himself in the achingly beautiful district of Varto, a place left behind in Turkey's march to modernity, medieval in its attachment to race and religious sect, he explores the violent history of conflict between Turks, Kurds and Armenians, and the maelstrom, of emotion and memories, that defines its inhabitants even today. The result is a compellingly personal account of one man's search into the past, as de Bellaigue, mistrusted by all he meets, and particularly by the secret agents of the State, applies his investigative flair and fluent Turkish to unlock jealously-guarded taboos and hold humanity's excesses up to the light of a very modern sensibility."

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Author:   Christopher De Bellaigue
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
ISBN:  

9780747596769


ISBN 10:   074759676
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

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'A finely-written, brave and very personal book' Orhan Pamuk 'Sifting through propaganda, partisan accounts and evasive oral histories, de Bellaigue delivers a comprehensive primer in Turkish political history' Guardian 'This marvellous book is a classic, not just of travel writing, but as a simple exposition of a reporter's job; to travel, spend time somewhere, and report. It should also be included on the Turkish education syllabus, but that, I think, will have to wait for a while' Literary Review 'A brilliant literary thriller, an incursion into forbidden territory that is all the more gripping for being true' The Times


'A finely-written, brave and very personal book' Orhan Pamuk 'Sifting through propaganda, partisan accounts and evasive oral histories, de Bellaigue delivers a comprehensive primer in Turkish political history' Guardian 'This marvellous book is a classic, not just of travel writing, but as a simple exposition of a reporter's job; to travel, spend time somewhere, and report. It should also be included on the Turkish education syllabus, but that, I think, will have to wait for a while' Literary Review 'A brilliant literary thriller, an incursion into forbidden territory that is all the more gripping for being true' The Times


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Author Website:   http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=3695

Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London and has spent the past decade in the Middle East and South Asia. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for a number of publications including the Independent, the Financial Times, the Economist, and the New York Review of Books. His previous book was shortlisted for the 2004 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize He lives in Tehran with his wife and son.

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Author Website:   http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=3695

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