Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a re-tired Ottoman notable, retires to its summer palace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. It is 1899 and the last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. A former tutor poses a question which the family has been refusing to confront for almost a century: 'Your Ottoman Empire is like a drunken prostitute, neither knowing nor caring who will take her next. Do I exaggerate, Memed?' The history of Iskender Pasha's family mirrors the growing degeneration of the Empire they have served for the last five hundred years. This passionate story of masters and servants, school-teachers and painters, is marked by jealousies, vendettas and, with the decay of the Empire, a new generation which 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--Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and The Book of Saladin--its power lies both in the story-telling and the challenge it poses to stereotyped images of life under Islam.
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October 2001 : Hardback
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July 2000 : Hardback
| Title: The Stone Woman: A Novel (Islam Quintet 3) Author(s): Tariq Ali ISBN: 1-85984-764-1 / 9781859847640 (UK edition) Publisher: Verso Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
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October 2001 : Paperback
| Title: The Stone Woman: A Novel (Islam Quintet 3) Author(s): Tariq Ali ISBN: 1-85984-364-6 / 9781859843642 (UK edition) Publisher: Verso Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
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