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"This book is a little masterpiece" Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph
Peter Quennell, The Daily Mail
An unusually convincing autobiographical sketch. The entire portrait is good.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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A haunting evocation of a childhood in late Ottoman/early Republican Turkey where the abrupt collapse of a single family's fortunes mirrors the disintegration of the old state and a dogged determination to rebuild a new life from, literally, the ashes of the old. The depth of detail in Orga's recollection of his early childhood is quite astonishing. Yet the book is as much about his mother as himself; and what he doesn't he do or say -- perhaps, as his grandmother says, couldn't do or say -- to prevent her decline from effervescent teenage bride into a deranged middle-aged widow. I stayed up until 2 am, mesmerised as the heady flow of his childhood memories gave way to fragmented anecdotes of adolescence and early adulthood and his mother's sanity too began to fracture and then collapse completely, leaving Orga as burnt-out a shell as the ruins of his childhhod home. Extraordinary to think that he should name his son Ates (Fire) when it was a fire that triggered such material and psychological devastation in his family.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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An interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. Sadness goes through most of the pages, Irfan Orga leading us through the tragic events of his life, of his family and of his country during the first half of the 20th century.
The english is not very good ! Many mistakes and errors,but I would still recommend it.
The english is not very good ! Many mistakes and errors,but I would still recommend it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Whilst spending a fascinating long weekend in Istanbul, I asked our English tour operator if she could recommend any books about Istanbul and Turkey. This book was one of her recommendations. I found "Portrait of a Turkish Family" most interesting and it greatly added to my knowledge of the country. Many of the places referred to were on our weekend tour and I found myself frequently looking at my tourist map of Istanbul whilst reading the book on my return. The book kept alive my wonderful memories of the Bosphorus. I found the 'afterword' by the author's son most interesting, telling the reader of what happened to the family in the end.
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