Ghosts of Smyrna, The - Softcover

Edizel, Loren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927494222 ISBN 13: 9781927494226

Publisher: TSAR Publications, 2013

Synopsis

The Ghosts of Smyrna is a historical novel which tells the story of the events leading to the great fire of Smyrna (Izmir) in 1922, through the trials and tribulations of a Levantine family caught up in the turmoil. The fire, which destroyed not only a beautiful and ancient city but also a multicultural way of life that had blossomed there over centuries, occurred at the end of the war of independence led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk against the occupying European countries. The story takes place in the period between World War I and the great fire that destroyed the city

About this title

About the Author:

Loren Edizel was born in Izmir, Turkey and has lived in Canada most of her life. The Ghosts of Smyrna was published in Turkey in 2008 by Senocak Yayinlari (trans. Roza Hakmen) and a short story "The Conch" appeared (November 2009) in Turkish translation as part of an anthology entitled Izmir in Women's Stories. "The Imam's Daughter" was published in Montreal Serai. She has recently completed a collection of short stories under the title "the confession". She currently lives in Toronto.

Review:

Praise for Adrift by Loren Edizel "Adrift pushes at the limits of possibility by asking the reader to accept the impossible... In so doing, it reveals a reality of a higher order, a plane of existence upon which all of us are connected, however alienated our experience of the world might be. Like a Murakami novel, Adrift mixes the spectacular with the mundane to highlight the wondrous qualities of ordinary reality." --Maple Tree Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: TSAR Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1927494222
• ISBN 13: 9781927494226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216