{"product_id":"9781529099263","title":"The Endless Country : A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Kent, Sami \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/06\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529099263,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent’s book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family’s favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom tiny weightlifters to the world’s biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey’s past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43196420489260,"sku":"9781529099263","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529099263.jpg?v=1713633537","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529099263","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}