E-raamat: To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul

EARLY PRAISE FOR TO THE CITY





'A love letter to this ancient capitala work of storytelling skill and passion, a handsome tribute to a city that always transfixes'







The Times







'The author is a sensitive and patient presence, piecing together these stories over many pages. Spending time at a teahouse, an animal shelter and a former Dervish hall that is now an academic institution, he brings to life the rich variety of these neighbourhoods. While Christie-Millers focus remains on the streets surrounding the walls, his characters offer broader insights into Turkeys social and political make-up. He is also sensitive to the poetry of his surroundings, captured in moments of lyrical precision'







Financial Times







Alexander Christie-Miller is an exceptionally fluent and imaginative writer who knows Turkey intimately





Max Hastings





'An absorbing and thoroughly engaging study of modern-day Turkey. His research is first class, and he writes very wellChristie-Millers love of the city and its people shines through this wonderful book'







Literary Review







'Between the ancient minarets that punctuate the citys skyline, the author seeks out the real soul of Istanbul in its diverse peoples, past and present, by raising up voices rarely heard'







National Geographic Magazine







'A compendium not only of Turkeys unavoidable social and political deterioration over the last decade, but also a sober inquiry into the violence of the past, both recent and distant A catalogue of ruins: The ruins of a political present that overlaps with the physical erosion of the Byzantine and Ottoman walls that envelop it







Markaz