Nights of plague / Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap.
Language: English Original language: Turkish Publication details: Camberwell, VIC : Hamish Hamilton Australia, 2022.Description: 683 pages : map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780143796688 (paperback)
- Veba geceleri. English
- 894.3533 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Historical | PAM | Available | 071167 |
Originally published in Turkey as Veba geceleri by Yapi Kredi Yayinlari in 2021.
Part detective story, part historical epic, a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague taking over a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. 1901. Night draws in. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Azizye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. 'An emerald build of pink stone.' The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Each of them holds a separate mission. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. Because Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe. There are rumours of plague, rumours some in power will try to suppress. But plague is not the only killer. Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake.
Translated from the Turkish.
