Farewell (Veda)_{A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul}

‘Set in Istanbul during the last days of the Empire, Ayse Kulin!s novel accounts the collapse of the Ottomans… It is a story of human suffering and tragedy..By choosing to tell her story of anera through the eyes of a particular family living in a particular mansion in a city besieged, Ayse Kulin follows in the tradition of the great historical novel.