Format:
1 Online-Ressource :
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Karten.
ISBN:
978-0-520-38340-1
Uniform Title:
Gâvurların esiri
Content:
"In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time"--
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-520-38339-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Temeşvarlı ca. 1671-ca. 1725 Osman Ağa
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Türkenkrieg
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Kriegsgefangener
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Muslim
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Biographies
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Personal narratives / Turkish
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Biographies
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Personal narratives / Turkish
Author information:
Osman Ağa Temeşvarlı ca. 1671-ca. 1725
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