A captivating love story, "The Palace of Tears" weaves a narrative that is both gentle and poetic. Casimir de Châteauneuf, a 35-year-old French nobleman, is married with three children. While on a business trip to Paris, he discovers a miniature portrait of a stunning odalisque that captivates him and changes his life forever. He dreams of her at night, unaware that she dreams of him as well. Intrigued by her enchanting eyes—one blue and the other amber—Casimir abandons his family, mistress, possessions, and homeland to seek her in the East. His journey leads him to the opening of the Suez Canal, where he finally encounters her: "La Poupée," the living doll of the sultana Aimée de Rivery, who was sold into slavery and banished to the Palace of Tears, the harem of the unwanted. As Casimir and La Poupée find each other, the West faces impending doom, while the East echoes with the sound of cannon fire.
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Alev Croutier è un'acclamata autrice la cui opera approfondisce le complessità della psiche umana e delle strutture sociali. Il suo stile letterario è caratterizzato da immagini poetiche e da un'acuta intuizione delle motivazioni dei personaggi. Croutier esplora spesso temi di identità, cultura e intricate dinamiche interpersonali, garantendo che la sua scrittura mantenga una profonda risonanza emotiva. I lettori scoprono nuove prospettive all'interno dei mondi che crea.






Seven houses
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
"An exotic and beautiful story" (Isabel Allende) chronicling the lives of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey's transformation into a republic and the present day backlash. "A highly imaginitive family saga...Croutier's measured prose is artistic and sensuous" (San Francisco Chronicle) as the story of a silkmaking family iss told through the houses they occupied. From a grand villa in Smyrna in the early twentieth century to a silk plantation in the foothills of Mount Olympus, from a tiny house in a sleepy town to an apartment in a modern urban high-rise, the family's dwellings reflect its fortune's rise and fall. As communal baths and odalisques give way to movies and cell phones, four unique yet powerfully linked women experience all of life's hardships and pleasures.
Harem. die Welt hinter dem Schleier
- 223pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Die in der Türkei geborene, in den USA lebende Kunsthistorikerin hat aus Briefen, Büchern, Reiseberichten, Gemälden und Fotos eine kulturgeschichtliche Dokumentation zusammengestellt, die den Harem als Lebensbereich der Frauen im Osmanischen Reich umfassend darstellt.
Wasser, Elixier des Lebens
- 224pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Femmes de Smyrne
- 347pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Les destins de quatre générations de femmes s'entrecroisent, en Turquie, du début du XXe siècle à nos jours. Une maison de Smyrne qui a vu passer pachas et belles esclaves. Une plantation de mûriers où les vers à soie tissent les étoffes chatoyantes qui pareront de jeunes beautés. Un atelier de filature d'Ankara bâti sur les ruines d'une ville ancienne. Ces demeures sont les témoins attentifs et discrets qui racontent les joies, les bonheurs et les drames de leurs habitantes. Les secrets d'alcôve, les parfums des Mille et Une Nuits répondent à la sensualité et à l'ambiance feutrée des harems. D'une maison à l'autre, les destinées se croisent, on parle, on se déchire, on se soutient, on vit ensemble. Tout commence par une brumeuse après-midi d'hiver, lorsque Esma pénètre dans la première maison... Par la grâce de l'auteur, cette saga familiale devient un conte merveilleux où les murs ont la parole et détiennent le secret de la pensée et de la mémoire des choses.
Het tranenpaleis
- 157pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Een Franse wijnbouwer in de 19e eeuw wordt verliefd op het portret van een Oosterse vrouw en gaat in Istanboel naar haar op zoek.