Two girls
By: Perihan Mağden ; translated by Brenda Freely.
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Lesbians -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Fiction; College students -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Work titles: Iki genç kizin romani.
Description: "It's summer in Istanbul and the body of a young man is discovered in a local lake. The air is oppressive as Behiye prepares to enter one of Turkey's most prestigious universities. Angry, overweight, embarrassed by her parents and contemptuous of her older brother - who is traumatised after serving as an army commando - Behiye longs for some salvation from her teenage despair. In the week before she starts university she is introduced to Handan - a beautiful, gentle girl who will change Behiye's life forever." "In spite of their different backgrounds, the two girls embark upon an intense relationship and a secret plan to escape their dysfunctional families."--Jacket.
Notes: Translated from the Turkish.