by Emine Sevgi Özdamar · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420441795
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«El puente del Cuerno de Oro» is the historical novel by Emine Sevgi Özdamar, published by Alfaguara in paperback (376 pages, in Spanish).
A young Turkish woman moves to Berlin in the mid-sixties to work in a radio valve factory and suffers exploitation. In the Berlin of '68 she discovers theatre, political causes and first love. On returning to Istanbul, she studies drama and wants to become an actress while the regime grows more oppressive.
The book belongs to Alfaguara's Literaturas collection. Translated by Miguel Sáenz from the German original «Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn».
A read for those who appreciate historical and contemporary fiction with a sociopolitical backdrop, centred on Turkish emigration and the Berlin of '68.
Emine Sevgi Özdamar is a writer, director, and actress of Turkish origin who has lived and worked in Germany since 1976. Özdamar's art is distinctive in that it is influenced by her life experiences, which straddle the countries of Germany and Turkey throughout times of turmoil in both. One of her most notable accomplishments is winning the 1991 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.
