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Suman, Defne, 1974-

The silence of Scheherazade / Defne Suman ; translated by Betsy Göksel. - London : Head of Zeus, 2021. - 502 pages ; 23 cm

Translated from the Turkish.

At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the ancient city of Smyrna, a devastating moment determines the fates of four families. On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore, and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, seventeen years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames. But let us not rush, for much will happen between then and now. Birth, death, romance and grief are all to come as these peaceful, cosmopolitan streets are used as bargaining chips in the wake of the First World War.

ISBN: 1800246951 9781800246959 180024696X 9781800246966 9781800246980 1800246986

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC191397 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020218880 Uk

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
İzmir (Turkey)--History --20th century --Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PL248.S7749 / E4313 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 894.3534