Selçuk Altun
Autor de The Sultan of Byzantium
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Selçuk Altun
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Altun, Selçuk
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1950
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Turkey
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Artvin, Turkey
- Lugares de residencia
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Ocupaciones
- banking executive
- Agente
- Kalem Agency
Miembros
Reseñas
"This was in fact the real message of the double-headed eagle as imperial seal: sovereignty over both East and West. The Empire could have been a supreme power uniting, with good will, Europe and Asia; and so many of the world’s geopolitical problems might thus have been averted."
I didn't take to this book, any of the characters in it or the author at all. To me it seemed the author was showing off everything he knew about the Byzantine Empire in an annoying know it all kind of way. I found the main character very unappealing and far too clever for his own good. And what was it with the author appearing as a minor character. One thing that did make me smile was the reference to one of my favourite fictional detectives, Kinsey Milhone. I was just thinking to myself-isn't this the town where Sue Grafton's novels are set?-when up pops the heroine herself. There is a series I do recommend by the way. Sadly not for me.… (más)
An intricate and slightly contrived plot leads the narrator through a series of encounters with people of slight but often profound contact. The end product is a kaleidoscopic view of a slice of Turkish society. It is well told and insightful but doesn't quite deliver depth. October 2020.
Listas
EstadÃsticas
- Obras
- 14
- Miembros
- 150
- Popularidad
- #138,700
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 2
The twist at the end felt rather twee and unsatisfactory.