Tales of anguish, longing, and love

Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a retired Ottoman notable, retires to their summer palace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. اضافة اعلان

It is 1899 and the last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. The history of Pasha’s family mirrors the growing degeneration of the Empire they have served for the last five hundred years.

This novel tells the passionate story of masters, servants, school teachers, and painters marked by jealousies, vendettas, and a new generation that is deeply hostile to the half-truths and myths of the golden days.

The Stone Woman is the third novel of Tariq Ali’s Islam Quartet. Like its predecessors, its power lies both in the story-telling and the challenge it poses to stereotyped images of life under Islam.


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