Exile
By Ciler Ilhan
2014
First Published
3.57
Average Rating
135
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Exile is a collection of short stories with the taste of a novel which won the author the European Prize for Literature, 2011. Dedicated to those who have been alienated from their homeland, from their families or from society, this extraordinary collection offers readers short, vivid glimpses into other worlds. Be they of real or fictional characters, Ilhan builds a patchwork of stories which highlight the lives of the dispossessed. As a woman writing in modern day Turkey, she is not afraid to take on the themes of honour killings or the American occupation of Iraq, pouring her empathy and understanding into narratives that we usually only hear about through news reports and cold statistics.
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3.57
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129
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Author
Ciler Ilhan
Author · 5 books
Çiler İlhan (born 1972) is a Turkish writer. She studied International Relations and Political Science at Bosphorus University and hotel management at the Glion Hotel School in Switzerland. She has variously worked as an hotelier, a freelance writer and an editor. Currently she works as the PR manager of the Çırağan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul. As a writer, İlhan has been active since her youth. Back in 1993, she won the Yaşar Nabi award for one of her short stories. She regularly publishes stories, essays, book reviews, travel pieces and translations in Turkish newspapers and magazines. In 2011,her collection of stories Sürgün (Exile) won the EU Prize for Literature.
