TheOracleofStamboul:ANovel(P.S.)

作者 Michael David Lukas著
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 2011年8月
ISBN 9780062012104
定价 199.30

内容简介

UsheredintotheworldbyamysteriouspairofTartarmidwiveslateinthesummerof1877inthetownofConstantaontheBlackSea,EleonoraCohenprovesherselfanextraordinarilygiftedchild—aprodigy—ataveryyoungage.Whensheiseightyearsold,shestowsawayaboardaship,followinghercarpetmerchantfather,Yakob,totheteemingandcolorfulimperialcapitalofStamboulwhereanewlifeawaitsher.Inthenarrowstreetsofthiscityatthecrossroadsoftheworld,intrigueandgossiparecurrency,andpeoplearenotalwayswhattheyseem.ButitisonlywhenshecharmstheeccentricSultanAbdulhamidII—beleagueredbyfriendandfoeashisunwieldyrealmcrumbles—thatEleonorawillchangethecourseofanempire.

作者简介

MICHAELDAVIDLUKAShasbeenaFulbrightscholarinTurkey,alate-shiftproofreaderinTelAvivandaRotaryscholarinTunisia.HeisagraduateofBrownUniversityandtheUniversityofMaryland,andhiswritinghasbeenpublishedintheVirginiaQuarterlyReview,Slate,NationalGeographicTravelerandtheGeorgiaReview.LukaslivesinOakland,California,lessthanamilefromwherehewasborn.Whenheisn’twriting,heteachescreativewritingtothird-andfourth-graders.Visithimonlineatwww.michaeldavidlukas.com.

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