Tanpinar's 'Five Cities'

by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, poet, novelist and critic, was a professor of Ottoman and Turkish literature at Istanbul University. His 'Five Cities' was first published in Turkish as 'Beş Şehir' in 1946 and revised in 1960. It consists of five lyrical essays, each focused on a city significant in Anatolian history and in Tanpinar's emotional life.

Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory, 'Five Cities'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783088486
• ISBN13: 9781783088485
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"