Black Sky, Black Sea

by Izzet Celasin

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1977. Poised between the secular values of socialism and the conservatism of a tenuously balanced government, Istanbul is a fractured city haunted by demons of its own making. Along with thousands of other left-wing activists, Oak's interest in politics leads him to join the annual May Day rallies. There he encounters Zuhal, a fearless girl with a gun. As battles rage between nationalists and socialists, Oak witnesses the violent suppression of dissident minorities by his fellow citizens. show more The bewitching Zuhal begins to shape his ideals, bringing him face to face with disillusionment, and death. show less

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Black Sky, Black Sea

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
839.8238Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesOther Germanic literaturesDanish and Norwegian literaturesNorwegian literatureNorwegian Bokmål fiction2000–
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PT8952.13 .E43 .S93Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesNorwegian literatureIndividual authors or works2001-
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