The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident - Softcover

Mak, Geert

 
9780099532149: The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident
Softcover
ISBN 10: 009953214X ISBN 13: 9780099532149
Verlag: Vintage, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turkey as the link between Asia and Europe.

Geert Mak introduces us to the cigarette vendors and the best pickpockets in Europe, to the pride of the cobbler and the tea-seller's homesickness, and interweaves their stories with vignettes illuminating the extraordinary history of Istanbul and Turkey.

Charming and learned, The Bridge is a delightful book from the author of the acclaimed international bestseller In Europe.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Geert Mak is a journalist and historian, and one of The Netherlands' bestselling writers; his books include An Island in Time, Amsterdam and In Europe, and have won many prizes.

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Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turkey as the link between Asia and Europe.

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Verlag
Vintage
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
009953214X
ISBN 13 
9780099532149
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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