Istanbul Istanbul

‘Istanbul Istanbul’ by Burhan Sönmez, translated from the Turkish by Ümit Hussein (OR Books, 256 pages, $18)

William Armstrong - william.armstrong@hdn.com.tr
In the Decameron, written in the 14th century by Italian author Boccaccio, 10 characters tell each other 100 stories to pass the time after fleeing a plague epidemic. The stories are bawdy, tragic, comic, and poignant, and together amount to a fascinating mosaic of medieval Florence.

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