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At the breakfast table / Defne Suman ; translated by Betsy Göksel.

At the breakfast table / Defne Suman ; translated by Betsy Göksel.
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F SUMA
 Adult Fiction   Adult Lending . On Loan . 6 Jul 2024
Reserve Title Catalogue Record 700038487
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ISBN 9781800247024 (paperback)
Classification F SUMA
Personal Name Suman, Defne, 1974-
Title At the breakfast table / Defne Suman ; translated by Betsy Göksel.
Production & Copyright Details London : Head of Zeus, 2024.
©2018
Physical Description 397 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm
Content type text
Note "An Apollo book."
In English, translated from the Turkish.
Summary Note Prinkipo Island, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century, and of an era when imperial forces fought over her homeland. But the deep past is something Sirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great grandchild, Selin, do not know what Sirin is hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences. The siblings invite family friend and investigative journalist Burak along to interview Sirin for his weekly column in celebration of her 100th year. They hope he will help unravel the family secrets and persuade her to talk. Sirin's life-long servant Sadik, is determined to do all he can to protect the artist. Eventually Sirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how. She paints the story onto her dining room wall, revealing a history wiped from public consciousness and the cause of her family's anguish that has sat, ruinous, in their subconscious for generations.
Subject - Topical Term Family secrets -- Fiction
Families -- Turkey -- Fiction
Turkish fiction -- Translations into English
Subject - Geographic Name Turkey -- Fiction
Subject - Genre Domestic fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name Göksel, Betsy translator.
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