by Emine Sevgi Özdamar · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422658665
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«La vida es un caravasar» is the novel by Emine Sevgi Özdamar, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (365 pages, in Spanish).
The novel narrates the childhood and adolescence of a girl in postwar Turkey and her subsequent emigration to Germany, a journey the author frames within the metaphor of the caravanserai. The narrative, rich in imagery and details of rural culture, addresses uprootedness, identity, and the search for belonging.
1996 edition with an introduction by Juan Goytisolo and translation by Miguel Sáenz. The full title of the work is «La vida es un caravasar tiene dos puertas por una entré por la otra salí».
Novel for readers interested in Turkish culture, migration, and stories of identity and belonging.
Emine Sevgi Özdamar is a writer, director, and actress of Turkish origin who has lived and worked in Germany since 1976. Özdamar's art is distinctive in that it is influenced by her life experiences, which straddle the countries of Germany and Turkey throughout times of turmoil in both. One of her most notable accomplishments is winning the 1991 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.
