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The Endless Country: A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred Years

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內容簡介 穿梭土耳其歷史品味層層交織的人物與故事《無盡之國》(暫譯)帶領讀者穿梭於土耳其的過去——這片作者父親數十年前離開，而他在年輕時重返的國度。這不是一本關於厄多安或阿塔圖克——這兩位宛如土耳其歷史書兩端的巨人——的書。相反，薩米．肯特（Sami Kent）深入挖掘，揭露了一段如同他家最愛甜點庫內費（künefe）般層層交織、豐富又荒誕的歷史：麵線外層包裹融化起司、撒上開心果、再澆滿糖漿的奇妙組合。從迷你舉重選手到世界最大的監獄，從失敗的社會主義公社到大獲成功的蘭花冰淇淋，這本書是對土耳其過去錯綜複雜、多元多樣的人民、思想與奮鬥的一曲讚歌。「這才是歷史應該被講述的方式——人性化、有趣、鮮活。」——《每日電訊報》「引人入勝。肯特輕鬆地將深植於他內心的旅行，編織成一幅土耳其過去與現在的宏大畫卷。」——米莎爾．侯賽因（Mishal Husain）「一本豐富、令人著迷的書：充滿人物、故事、歷史、色彩與生命力……每一頁都鮮活跳動。」——尼爾．穆克吉（Neel Mukherjee，《他人的生命》布克獎入圍作者）Captivating. Kent effortlessly weaves travels that are close to his heart into a bigger story of Turkey’s past and present' – Mishal Husain'A rich, spellbinding book: dense with people, stories, history, colour, lived experience . . . The book is alive on every page' – Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of OthersThe Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent’s book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family’s favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.From tiny weightlifters to the world’s biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey’s past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.'This is surely how history should be told – human, fun, alive' – The Telegraph

作者介紹

作者介紹 Sami KentSami Kent is a writer and radio producer based between London and Istanbul. He has reported on Turkey for The Guardian, BBC Radio 4, Al Jazeera, The London Review of Books and many publications. He has also made several radio documentaries for the BBC, and is now working for The Guardian’s award-winning podcast ‘Today in Focus’. The Endless Country is his first book.

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最佳賣點 : The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man