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The exotic sights and sounds of nineteenthcentury turkey spring vividly to life in lukas promising debut. A young romanian girl travels in secret to stamboul and is invited to give advice to the sultan after she becomes known for her unusual intelligence. The oracle of stamboul by michael david lukas kirkus. When she ends up in the ancient river port city of stamboul, the eightyearold eleonora finds herself in. The promising opening chapters of michael david lukass first novel, the oracle of stamboul, have many of the appealing features of a fairy tale. Michael david lukas is a native of berkeley, california. Read the last watchman of old cairo a novel by michael david lukas. Lukas veers from the triedandtrue, making the oracle of stamboul a novel that offers delightful surprises. Michael david lukas has given us an elegiac novel of cairoold cairo and modern cairo. Businesswoman simone hayes traveled to the exotic land of nazaar to search for family. From blake pierce, bestselling author of once gone a. The last watchman of old cairo ebook by michael david. Read the last watchman of old cairo a novel by michael david lukas available from rakuten kobo. He has been a fulbright scholar in turkey, a student at the.
At the center of the vortex stands yalo, a young man drifting between worlds like a stray dog. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the white castle. It is there she learns about the prophecy of her birth, and becomes an advisor to the sultan. Jeff glor talks to michael lukas about, the oracle of stamboul, a historical novel about a girl who changes the course of the ottoman empire. Each step we take along the path of fate represents a narrowing of potential, the death of a parallel world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the oracle of stamboul. Michael david lukas has been a fulbright scholar in turkey, a lateshift proofreader in tel aviv, and a rotary scholar in tunisia. Ribalow prize and has been published in fifteen languages. Set in the heart of the exotic ottoman empire during the first years of its chaotic decline, michael david lukas elegan.
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