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A great book about a lifelong love. --Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung A symphony that reads like a classic. --Neue Zurcher Zeitung An exciting and informative book that you will not be able to put down. --Stuttgarter Zeitung An immensely thrilling novel. --The Press Praise for Bliss I loved this book so much that I sent a fan letter to the publisher, and demanded to be introduced to the author when I went to Istanbul. Bliss is fresh, original, and warm-hearted, the work of a cosmopolitan insider and multi-talented artist. --Louis de Bernieres, author of Corelli's Mandolin With lush scenes of Turkish life and nuanced depictions of the [characters'] inner lives...a convergence of lost, likable souls. --Entertainment Weekly Eye-opening and deeply moving--essential for anyone looking for decency in the world today. --Kirkus Reviews(starred review)

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Zülfü Livaneli is 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 Bliss (winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award), Leyla’s House, My Brother’s Story, and The Eunuch of Constantinople, which have been translated into thirty-seven languages, won numerous international literary prizes, and been turned into movies, stage plays, and operas. Brendan Freely was born in Princeton in 1959 and studied psychology at Yale University. His translations include Two Girls by Perihan Mağden, The Gaze by Elif Şafak, and Like a Sword Wound by Ahmet Altan.

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