by Juan Goytisolo · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483075616
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«Estambul otomano» is the historical essay by Juan Goytisolo, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
Juan Goytisolo portrays the society of Ottoman Istanbul from the 16th to the 18th centuries, from the sultans to the janissaries, and explores its rites, beliefs and customs, from the public bath to the Grand Bazaar. Against European orientalism, he champions a culture freer and more diverse than is commonly believed, key to understanding Western art and literature.
It is part of the Altaïr travel collection and was published in 2003.
For readers interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire, travel literature and criticism of orientalism.
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
