{"product_id":"serenade-for-nadia-paperback","title":"Serenade for Nadia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZülfü Livaneli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrendan Freely\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Favorite Book of the Year by readers of the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eand a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePopMatters \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this heartbreaking Turkish novel based on the real-life sinking of a refugee ship during World War II, an elderly professor leaves America to revisit the city where he last glimpsed his beloved wife.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIstanbul, 2001. Maya Duran is a single mother struggling to balance a demanding job at Istanbul University with the challenges of raising a teenage son. Her worries increase when she is tasked with looking after the enigmatic Maximilian Wagner, an elderly German-born Harvard professor visiting the city at the university's invitation. Although he is distant at first, Maya gradually learns of the tragic circumstances that brought him to Istanbul sixty years before, and the dark realities that continue to haunt him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the 1942 \u003ci\u003eStruma\u003c\/i\u003e disaster, in which nearly 800 Jewish refugees perished after the ship carrying them to Palestine was torpedoed off the coast of Turkey, \u003ci\u003eSerenade for Nadia \u003c\/i\u003eis both a poignant love story and a gripping testament to the power of human connection in crisis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZülfü\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLivaneli \u003c\/b\u003eis Turkey's bestselling author, a celebrated composer and film director, and a political activist. Widely considered one of the most important Turkish cultural figures, he is known for his novels that interweave diverse social and historical backgrounds, figures, and incidents, including the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBliss \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Award), \u003ci\u003eLeyla's House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Brother's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Eunuch of Constantinople\u003c\/i\u003e, which have been translated into thirty-seven languages, won numerous international literary prizes, and been turned into movies, stage plays, and operas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrendan Freely \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Princeton in 1959 and studied psychology at Yale University. His translations include \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls\u003c\/i\u003e by Perihan Mağden, \u003ci\u003eThe Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e by Elif Şafak, and \u003ci\u003eLike a Sword Wound\u003c\/i\u003e by Ahmet Altan.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770419446048,"sku":"9781635420166","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5263a8a1a7f0eb8cc8137682bc857c17.webp?v=1780371298","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/serenade-for-nadia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}