
An experimental collection of "proems" from poet and author Leyl Erbil, the first Turkish woman toever be nominated for the Nobel. In this remarkable novel-in-verse, a young woman named Lahzen comes of age grappling with a culture gripped by interethnic tension...

An experimental collection of proems from poet and author Leyla Erbil, the first Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. These poems recount the history and present of the Turkish state, from the Byzantine Empire through the 20th Century Turkey of Erbil's experience...