{"product_id":"9781350436770","title":"The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey Through Modern Turkey","description":"Author: Genc, Kaya\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350436770\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jun 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurkey is a land torn between East and West, between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. \u003c\/b\u003eAfter 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFeaturing new material on the 2023 elections,\u003ci\u003e The 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. Weaving 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636903268510,"sku":"UBD-9781350436770","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350436770.jpg?v=1774399336","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350436770","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}