University of California Press
Prisoner Of The Infidels: The Memoir Oan Ottan Muslim In Seventeenth-Century Europe
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9780520383395
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9780520383395
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Prisoner Of The Infidels: The Memoir Oan Ottan Muslim In Seventeenth-Century Europe
$20.68
In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timisoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time--
| Author: Osman of Timisoara |
| Publisher: University of California Press |
| Publication Date: 7-Sep-21 |
| Number of Pages: 224 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0520383397 |
| ISBN-13: 9780520383395 |
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