"Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, and lived in the total seclusion befitting her class. His grandmother, who also lived in their home, was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. The 1914 War, however, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The red fez was ousted by the cloth cap, and the family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London where, seven years later, he wrote his extraordinary story of his family's survival."--Back cover
İrfan Orga Libros
31 de octubre de 1908 – 29 de noviembre de 1970
Las novelas de Irfan Orga iluminan la vida cotidiana de las familias otomanas turcas, basándose en sus experiencias únicas. Sus escritos profundizan en diversos aspectos de la cultura, la historia y las tradiciones culinarias turcas. También escribió una biografía de Atatürk y su propia historia de vida, y sus primeros años estuvieron profundamente marcados por el testimonio de las dificultades de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
