Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : maps |
Contents |
List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- A note on transcription from Ottoman Turkish -- A note on translation -- Introduction: on being Osman -- Surrender -- Ransom -- Crime and punishment -- Death and resurrection -- Respite -- Bonds of love -- To the capital -- A friend in need -- An unexpected turn of events -- Into the lion's den -- Grifters -- To the border-- The end -- Appendix: main characters in Osman's narrative -- Notes -- Index of people -- Index of places |
Summary |
"In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Translated from the Turkish |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2021) |
Subject |
Osman Ağa, active 1671-1725.
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SUBJECT |
Osman Ağa, active 1671-1725 fast |
Subject |
Austro-Turkish War, 1716-1718 -- Personal narratives, Turkish
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Prisoners of war -- Romania -- Timișoara -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- Turkey -- Biography
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HISTORY / World
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Prisoners of war
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Romania -- Timișoara
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Turkey
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Personal narratives
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Casale, Giancarlo, editor, translator, writer of introduction.
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LC no. |
2020053129 |
ISBN |
9780520383401 |
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0520383400 |
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