The Abode of Bliss Ten Stories for Adam |
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| Author:
| Jeffers, Alex |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59021-246-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | Lethe Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Explaining himself to himself and the man he loves, Ziya tells Adam the stories of his life: A bilingual childhood and years in cosmopolitan Istanbul, city of the world's desire, and the Aegean resort of Bodrum. A bewildering trip by ship and train and jet across Europe and the Atlantic to college in America, that strange and terrifying country. Friendships, passionate affairs, one-night stands, rape--a richly dissatisfying erotic education. A wedding, a death, an act of inexplicable...
More DescriptionExplaining himself to himself and the man he loves, Ziya tells Adam the stories of his life: A bilingual childhood and years in cosmopolitan Istanbul, city of the world's desire, and the Aegean resort of Bodrum. A bewildering trip by ship and train and jet across Europe and the Atlantic to college in America, that strange and terrifying country. Friendships, passionate affairs, one-night stands, rape--a richly dissatisfying erotic education. A wedding, a death, an act of inexplicable violence--a meeting. Intricate as Ottoman miniatures, Ziya's stories reveal a world unexpected: the world we live in.