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Loading... Stamboul Sketches: Encounters in Old Istanbulby John Freely
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A gentle and affectionate look at the city of Istanbul, drawing out the historical continuities and changes. Each chapter is a ramble through a different part of the city and a look at its inhabitants. It is better for dipping in and out of a chapter at a time, rather than reading straight through. 12 April 2017. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Throughout the 1960s, John Freely explored the alleys, hidden corners and monuments of Istanbul, in between teaching, to create a legendary guidebook with Hilary Sumner-Boyd. But all the passages that were too personal, too capricious, too idiosyncratic, too indulgent of eccentric personalities, too wrapped up in the love of mid-afternoon banter, too indulgent of musicians, dancers, gypsies, dervishes, drunks, beggars, fishermen, poets, fortune-tellers, folk healers, mimics, and prostitutes, were cut from their scholarly guide. Stamboul Sketches is fashioned from these off-cuts, a chronicle of chance encounters. It is a beautiful, quirky portrait of a city which, Freely says, `grabs you by the heart and never lets you go.' No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)914.96180436History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe Other European Countries Balkan Peninsula Turkish Thrace; IstanbulLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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