AyÅŸe Kulin
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Dönüş: Aldatmanın, aldatılmanın, affetmenin, acıtan gerçeklerin romanı. (Turkish Edition) (2018) 2 exemplar
SIT NENE`NIN MASALLARI 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1941-08-26
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Turkey
- Födelseort
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Utbildning
- American College for Girls, Turkey
- Kort biografi
- Ayşe Kulin, Arnavutköy Amerikan Kız Koleji Edebiyat bölümünü bitirdi. Çeşitli gazete ve dergilerde editör ve muhabir olarak çalıştı. Uzun yıllar televizyon, reklam ve sinema filmlerinde sahne yapımcısı, sanat yönetmeni ve senarist olarak görev yaptı.
Öykülerden oluşan ilk kitabı Güneşe Dön Yüzünü 1984 yılında yayınlandı. Bu kitaptaki Gülizar adlı öyküyü, Kırık Bebek adıyla senaryolaştırdı ve bu filmi 1986 yılında Kültür Bakanlığı Ödülü'nü kazandı.
1986'da sahne yapımcılığını ve sanat yönetmenliğini üstlendiği Ayaşlı ve Kiracıları adlı dizideki çalışmasıyla Tiyatro Yazarları Derneği'nin En İyi Sanat Yönetmeni Ödülü'ni kazandı.
1996 yılında Münir Nureddin Selçuk'un yaşam öyküsünün anlatıldığıBir Tatlı Huzur adlı kitabı yayınlandı. Aynı yıl, Foto Sabah Resimleri adlı öyküsü Haldun Taner Öykü Ödülü'nü, bir yıl sonra aynı adı taşıyan kitabı Sait Faik Hikaye Armağanı'nı kazandı.
1997'de yayınlanan Adı Aylin adlı biyografik romanı ile, İstanbul İletişim Fakültesi tarafından yılın yazarı seçildi.
1998 yılında Geniş Zamanlar adlı öykü kitabı, 1999'da Iletişim Fakültesi tarafından yılın romanı seçilmiş olanSevdalinka ve 2000'de yine bir biyografik roman olan Füreyya yayınlandı.Geniş Zamanlar adlı öykü kitabı 2007 yılında Star Tv ekranlarında dizi olarak yayınlanmaya başlandı.
2001 yılında yayınlanan Köprü isimli romanı ile Doğu illerimizde yaşanan dramın kökenleri ve Cumhuriyet tarihi içindeki nedenlerini ele aldı.
Ayşe Kulin 2002 yılında yayınlanan Nefes Nefese isimli romanı ile ikinci dünya savaşı sırasında yüzlerce Yahudi'yi soykırımda kurtaran Türk diplomatlarının kahramanlıklarını bir aşk öyküsü ile birlikte işliyor.
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SIT NENE`NIN MASALLARI av KULIN AYSE
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Good, not great. ?Followed a Jewish family that ended up in Turkey when Jews were being taken in Germany during WWII. Goodreads review: From the international bestselling author of Last Train to Istanbul comes a novel based on true events that explores the depths of pride, devotion, and persistence as four generations of a family struggle to forge their destinies.As Hitler?s reign of terror begins to loom large over Germany, Gerhard and Elsa Schliemann¥like other German JewsÂ¥must flee with their children in search of sanctuary. But life elsewhere in Europe offers few opportunities for medical professor Gerhard and his fellow scientists. Then they discover an unexpected haven in Turkey, where universities and hospitals welcome them as valuable assets.But despite embracing their adopted land, personal and political troubles persist. Military coups bring unrest and uncertainty to the country, intermarriage challenges the cultural identity of Gerhard and Elsa?s descendants, and anti-Semitism once again threatens their future in the place they call home.From World War II to the age of social media, one family?s generations find their way through love and loss, sacrifice and salvation, tragedy and triumphÂ¥with knowledge hard won and passion heartfelt.… (mer)
Multi-generational family saga that takes place mostly in Turkey over a period of over eighty years. It starts with a family of Jewish Germans fleeing Hitler prior to the start of WWII. The story begins in 1933 with Dr. Gerhard Schliemann, his wife Elsa, and their two children, Peter and Susy, leaving their home at short notice and eventually making their way to Turkey. Gerhard and other Jewish scientists are hired by a Turkish university to help with the modernization of their curriculum. Although Germany still attempts to exert influence to dismiss the Jewish scientists, the family overcomes many difficulties and makes Istanbul their home. The story then shifts to Susy, who has readily adapted to the Turkish culture, and continues following the family’s legacy into 2016.
This novel starts out strong. The story of the doctor and his family fleeing the Nazis is riveting. When the narrative shifts to future generations, it reads more like a biography of each subsequent family member, and the momentum slows considerably. It begins to focus on family dramas, romantic relationships, and misunderstandings. At this point, the storyline takes a backseat to the history of the country.
The author excels at providing descriptions of the cities, the countryside, and what it is like to live there. She imparts the flavor of the Turkish culture and conveys a strong sense of the country as a melting pot of various religions and ethnicities. I enjoyed gaining more understanding of how Turkey developed into a modern nation. Although this is a fictional account, the history is based upon actual events, including the influx of Jewish Germans, ongoing anti-Semitism, military coups, political upheaval, and civil unrest.
Overall, I found this book to be a mixed bag. I enjoyed the historic aspects and it tempts me to visit Istanbul someday. Unfortunately, the family saga lacked depth and cohesiveness. My sense is that the author tried to capture too much in too few pages.
… (mer)
This novel starts out strong. The story of the doctor and his family fleeing the Nazis is riveting. When the narrative shifts to future generations, it reads more like a biography of each subsequent family member, and the momentum slows considerably. It begins to focus on family dramas, romantic relationships, and misunderstandings. At this point, the storyline takes a backseat to the history of the country.
The author excels at providing descriptions of the cities, the countryside, and what it is like to live there. She imparts the flavor of the Turkish culture and conveys a strong sense of the country as a melting pot of various religions and ethnicities. I enjoyed gaining more understanding of how Turkey developed into a modern nation. Although this is a fictional account, the history is based upon actual events, including the influx of Jewish Germans, ongoing anti-Semitism, military coups, political upheaval, and civil unrest.
Overall, I found this book to be a mixed bag. I enjoyed the historic aspects and it tempts me to visit Istanbul someday. Unfortunately, the family saga lacked depth and cohesiveness. My sense is that the author tried to capture too much in too few pages.
… (mer)
A lyrical novel about the author's family history. The story ends with her parents marrying and her birth, but the focus until that point appears to be her aunt Sabahat's forbidden relationship with Aram, an Armenian. Interspersed are other family dramas, all presided over by the kind patriarch Resat Bey.
This book took me a long time to finish. The language was lovely and the slow pace of the novel necessitated my slowing down my reading speed. I loved the characters, though the large number of them and their relationships to one another took a long while to get straight. The backdrop for the novel is Turkey becoming an independent state and modernizing. This isn't something I was familiar with before, but I found it fascinating to see the change reflected in this one family through the years. Interspersed with the family's story is that of Muhittin, a young and promising engineer. Eventually, his story dovetails with that of the family's, as he is the author's father.
I will admit to be a bit disappointed that the focus changed toward the end away from Sabahat and Aram toward Muhittin and Sitare, because I really did want to see how their story resolved. I am heartened to see in the epilogue that the two eventually married but wished it was actually depicted in the pages of the book since it was such a large focus of the story.
Still, a lovely novel of a country and time that many in the US don't know much about. I'll definitely have to read more by this author. As an aside, the translator did a wonderful job, I thought.
Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley.… (mer)
This book took me a long time to finish. The language was lovely and the slow pace of the novel necessitated my slowing down my reading speed. I loved the characters, though the large number of them and their relationships to one another took a long while to get straight. The backdrop for the novel is Turkey becoming an independent state and modernizing. This isn't something I was familiar with before, but I found it fascinating to see the change reflected in this one family through the years. Interspersed with the family's story is that of Muhittin, a young and promising engineer. Eventually, his story dovetails with that of the family's, as he is the author's father.
I will admit to be a bit disappointed that the focus changed toward the end away from Sabahat and Aram toward Muhittin and Sitare, because I really did want to see how their story resolved. I am heartened to see in the epilogue that the two eventually married but wished it was actually depicted in the pages of the book since it was such a large focus of the story.
Still, a lovely novel of a country and time that many in the US don't know much about. I'll definitely have to read more by this author. As an aside, the translator did a wonderful job, I thought.
Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley.… (mer)
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