The Oracle of Stamboul: An Epic Tale of Magical Realism – A Girl's Prophecies Transform Ottoman Istanbul (P.S.)

Lukas, Michael David

ISBN 10: 006201210X / ISBN 13: 9780062012104

Published by Harper Perennial, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Oracle of Stamboul: An Epic Tale of Magical Realism ? A Girl's Prophecies Transform Ottoman Istanbul (P.S.)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006201210X
• ISBN 13: 9780062012104
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Set in the heart of the exotic Ottoman Empire during the first years of its chaotic decline, Michael David Lukas’ elegantly crafted, utterly enchanting debut novel follows a gifted young girl who dares to charm a sultan—and change the course of history, for the empire and the world. An enthralling literary adventure, perfect for readers entranced by the mixture of historical fiction and magical realism in Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red, or Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Lukas’ evocative tale of prophesy, intrigue, and courage unfolds with the subtlety of a Turkish mosaic and the powerful majesty of an epic for the ages.  

About the Author

MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS has been a Fulbright scholar in Turkey, a late-shift proofreader in Tel Aviv and a Rotary scholar in Tunisia. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Maryland, and his writing has been published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, National Geographic Traveler and the Georgia Review. Lukas lives in Oakland, California, less than a mile from where he was born. When he isn’t writing,he teaches creative writing to third- and fourth-graders. Visit him online at www.michaeldavidlukas.com.