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Prisoner of the infidels : the memoirs of an Ottoman Muslim in seventeenth-century Europe /
"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 Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Turkish |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 Timişoara 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"-- |
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| Notas: | Translated from the Turkish |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780520383401 0520383400 |