{"product_id":"9780141195759","title":"The Time Regulation Institute","description":"Author: Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141195759\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA forgotten masterpiece of Turkish literature, championed by Orhan Pamuk and translated into English for the first time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Just as she was being lowered into the earth - following the late afternoon call to prayer - my aunt sprang briskly back to life'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn this fictional memoir of Hayri Irdal - troublesome boy, workshy man and feckless husband - life is examined in all its double-crossing, chaotic, disastrous glory. From his youth, dismantling timepieces while his family fell apart, to his later years at the scandal-hit Time Regulation Institute, Hayri's absurdist misadventures play out as a brilliant allegory of the collision between East and West, tradition and modernity.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150305800350,"sku":"UBD-9780141195759","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141195759.jpg?v=1786963989","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141195759","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}