The time of mute swans
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ece Temelkuran ; translated from the Turkish by Kenneth Dakan
Contributors: Dakan, Kenneth, translator
Edition: First English-language edition.
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781628728149
Subjects: Cold War; Swans; Friendship; Children; Fiction
Work titles: Devir
Description: This timely, bestselling novel about a military coup in Turkey told through the eyes of two children. It's the summer of 1980. Two children, one from a family living in misery and one well-off, form an alliance amid the turmoil. Through their senses, the cityscape unfolds its wonders, its rich smells and colours, as they try to make sense of the events swirling around them.