Book Launch
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba: A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul
Edited, introduced and translated by M. Brett Wilson (CEU)
Discussants:
Michael Ignatieff (CEU)
Erdağ Göknar (Duke University)
Set between elite households and a Sufi lodge, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu's 1922 novel Nur Baba was a controversial take on religion, morality, gender, and romance in the colorful world of late Ottoman Istanbul.
Join Michael Ignatieff, Erdağ Göknar, and Brett Wilson for a conversation about scandalous fiction, social critique, translation, and the Ottoman-Turkish novel.
You can join the book talk on zoom as well.
Zoom link:
https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/97979609283?pwd=RkEvRkZHQUtsV20xWnhUdkpyRHhnd…
Meeting ID: 979 7960 9283
Passcode: 655854