Présentation de l'éditeur
Against the backdrop of Nazism, in a multi-racial Turkey giving sanctuary to many of Europe's fleeing Jews, a group of teenage friends struggles to understand events while reeling from (and relishing) the sexual and emotional discoveries of adolescence.
An alluring woman initiates Mustafa and his classmates in the carnal delights of rose petal jam; Musa discovers the hard facts of reaching manhood when he is expelled from the women's baths; Bilal, a 14-year-old Jewish boy, sets off for Greece to rescue his mother's sister; and a circus orphan known only as 'Girl' falls head over heels for the new trapeze artist.
Young Turk is a wise, craftily spun and spine-tinglingly erotic tale of love, courage and the forging of conscience.
Revue de presse
'A novel of startling integrity and beauty.' --
Independent on Sunday
'A triumph of imaginative memory.' --
Guardian
'Exuberant, kaleidoscopic.' --
New York Times
Biographie de l'auteur
Moris Farhi was born in Turkey in 1935. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1956, and became a British citizen in 1964. His novels include the award-winning Children of the Rainbow and Journey through the Wilderness (both Saqi). He is a vice-president of International PEN, and in 2001 was appointed an MBE for 'services to literature'. He lives in London.
