The Bastard of Istanbul
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Overall, very good, with a strong ending. submitted by Tassos on May 7, 2023, 4:44pm I enjoyed reading this book, finished it earlier today. On one instance I skimmed through a few pages, another I found the speech the Armenian-American girl gave to her host Turkish family not convincing ( shorter back and forths would be expected instead), and at the end the author cites (almost verbatim) the first few words ("In the beginning, there was the Word") from John's gospel, written around or before 100 AD, and cites it as a... "teaching of Islam", which came 500+ years later. I am not familiar with Islam much, but doubt if it accepts the Christian GOspels.
PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 357 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0670038342
SUBJECTS
Armenians -- Turkey -- Fiction.
Armenians -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Armenian Americans -- Fiction.
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- Fiction.
Turkey -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.