Without a Country

By the early 1930s, Gerhard Schliemann knows that his family is no longer safe living in Germany because they are Jewish. He eventually finds employment in Turkey and soon his wife and two children join him and attempt to adapt to life in their new country. This is a historical fiction book that not......more

I’m assuming that something was lost in translation with this book. The story had to potential to be a great one, but it seemed like the author was trying to tell too much in not enough pages. The second half of the book felt rushed, and much of it felt like a recitation of facts rather than a narra......more

This was my choice for the Amazon Prime 'free' book for June and I chose it because I'd previously read 'Rose of Sarajevo' by the same author and recognised the name. Unfortunately I found the book rather disappointing. It's a four generation 'saga' that tracks the evolution of a family in Istanbul.......more

Unfortunately what could have been a really good book, was in fact just average. How much of this is due to the translation I'm not sure, but the story didn't live up to the great family saga that I had been lead to expect. Spanning approximately 100 years, from pre WWII Germany to 21st century Turke......more

Açıkcası yerli yazarlar içinde Ayşe Kulin benim için çok farklı bir noktadadır. Bunun en büyük sebebi güçlü kaleminin yanı sıra olaylara bakış açısı ve bunu gerçekleştirirken seçtiği konuların tam merkez oluşu. İşte, kanadı kırık kuşlarda böyle bir kitap. Dört farklı dönemi anlatıyor olsada, tüm dön......more