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"Set in the Ottoman Empire during the years leading up to World War I, the novel follows the loves, passions, and actions of the family of the elderly Iskander Pasha (a descendant of a sultan's favorite courtier) at their seaside palace outside Istanbul."
"The history of Ottoman official Iskander Pasha's family mirrors the decline of the empire they have served for hundreds of years."@en
"The story of a dying man and a waning empireThe Stone Woman has stood on the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul for generations. The ancient pagan icon has become a confessor, allowing people to release their guilt without consequence. Close to the Stone Woman is the family home of Iskander Pasha, a distant descendant of an exiled Ottoman courtier. When the aged Iskander suffers a stroke, his family rushes to his side to hear his last stories. As the dying man revisits his life, a complex family drama emerges, tracing the labored final breaths of an empire in decline. Through the diverse Pasha clan, Tariq Ali reveals sexual intrigue, political unrest, and domestic tension simmering in the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. In the third book of his acclaimed Islam Quintet, Ali draws a nuanced and powerful portrait of the Muslim world."@en
""The Ottoman Empire, known as the "sick man of Europe" in the 19th century, continues its slow, steady decline in the summer of 1899 as elderly Iskander Pasha (a descendant of a sultan's favorite courtier) and his well-born family gather at their seaside palace outside Istanbul. Ali, a well-known leftist activist in Britain, explores the complexities of the Ottoman mentality in his fifth outing, a colorful, sensual drama of families, sexual intrigue and rebellion. As the novel begins, Iskander suffers a stroke and loses his power of speech. Various members of the family tell their stories, interwoven with chapters transcribing confessions made to the "stone woman," a rock formation on the estate. Iskander has four children: Salman, the eldest son; Halil, a general in the army; Nilofer, the daughter whose dramatic life is most fully explored; and her married stepsister, Zeynep. Memed, Iskander's elder brother, and his lover, the Baron, also join the family. The plot coheres neatly as the stories interconnect: Nilofer married a Greek schoolteacher for whom her love cooled, leaving her miserable; when her husband is murdered, a victim of anti-Greek violence, she pursues a love affair with a barber's son. Salman is also unhappily married, to a woman in Egypt who turns against him with an almost psychopathic violence. Halil conspires with other generals in the army to overthrow the Ottoman government. The Baron, a trained Hegelian scholar, holds forth, pedantically, on the roots of Ottoman decay."--This text refers to the Hardcover edition."

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"Tekstuitgave"
"History"@en
"History"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Domestic fiction"@en
"Domestic fiction"
"Electronic books"@en
"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Historical fiction"@en
"Historical fiction"

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"The stone woman"@en
"The stone woman"
"Kamena žena"
"Mulher de Pedra"@pt
"La mujer de piedra"
"La mujer de piedra"@es
"Die steinerne Frau : Roman"
"La Mujer de piedra"
"The stone woman : [a novel]"
"The stone woman a novel"@en
"The stone woman : sebuah novel"
"The stone woman [a novel]"
"Hē petrinē gynaika"
"La donna di pietra"
"Stone woman"@en
"La donna di pietra"@it
"Kobieta z kamienia"@pl
"La mujer de piedra Tariq Ali ; traducción de Ana Herrera"@es

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