
Stone and Shadow
by Alexander Dawe
Title:
Stone and Shadow
Author:
Alexander Dawe
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
432 pages
Publisher:
Other Press LLC
ISBN-13:
9781635422771
EAN:
9781635422771
Publication Date:
02/05/2023
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
568
Dimensions (mm):
133 x 203 x 31
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In the city of Mardin, near Turkey''s border with Syria, the orphaned Avdo finds purpose when an old mason takes him on as an apprentice. From Master Josef, he learns the importance of their art, which looks after the dead and bears witness to their lives. Avdo then travels the country and meets a woman he loves wholeheartedly, only to lose her through a tragic crime. Resigned to a lonely existence, he retreats from the world into his cemetery workshop, but even there, life, with all its sorrows, joys, injustices, and gifts, draws him in unexpected directions. An intimate, indelible epic, Stone and Shadow melds fragments not only from twentieth-century Turkish history, but also from the Ottoman Empire, the wider Middle East, and Europe. Together they form a breathtaking picture of a rich, complex society that encompasses Christians, Sunni Muslims, Alawites, Turks, Kurds, and Armenians.










