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The final day of the life of Özgür is marked by her perusal of the autobiographical novel of the enigmatic Ö, her resentment toward the violence of Rio that has robbed her of everything, and her rapidly approaching mental breakdown. Original.
Ozgur is poor, hungry, and on the verge of a mental breakdown, with only one weapon against Rio: to write the city that has robbed her of everything. Reading the bits and pieces of Ozgur's unfinished eponymous novel, with its autobiographical protagonist named O, Ozgur's story begins to emerge. Meanwhile, the narrator limns a single day of Ozgur's life, which is in fact her last. As Ozgur follows O through the shanty towns, Condomble rituals, and the violence and sexuality of the streets to her own death, the narrator searches for a way to make peace with life, a route to catharsis. The two concentric novels, the borderline between the two Rio's -- Ozgur's Rio as a metaphor for death and Rio as life -- begin to blur. Asli Erdogan's brilliantly evocative, experimental second novel was a major hit in Turkey and Europe. Now available in translation, the book does for Rio what Joyce did for Dublin.
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Librería: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. Condición: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4. Nº de ref. del artículo: G1933368748I3N00
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Condición: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.4. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-1933368748-gdd
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR008989695
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.4. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1933368748-2-3
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