"Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, and lived in the total seclusion befitting her class. His grandmother, who also lived in their home, was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. The 1914 War, however, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The red fez was ousted by the cloth cap, and the family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London where, seven years later, he wrote his extraordinary story of his family's survival."--Back cover
İrfan Orga Libri
31 ottobre 1908 – 29 novembre 1970
I romanzi di Irfan Orga illuminano la vita quotidiana delle famiglie ottomane turche, attingendo alle sue esperienze uniche. I suoi scritti approfondiscono diversi aspetti della cultura, della storia e delle tradizioni culinarie turche. Ha anche scritto una biografia di Atatürk e la sua storia di vita, con i suoi primi anni profondamente segnati dalla testimonianza delle difficoltà della Prima Guerra Mondiale.
