by Metin Arditi · ACTES SUD · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330018696
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«Le Turquetto» is the historical novel by Metin Arditi, published by Actes Sud in paperback (282 pages, in French).
The novel follows a Jewish painter born in Constantinople who emigrates to Renaissance Venice, hides his identity, and trains with Titian. Under the nickname «Turquetto», he triumphs with a body of work that blends biblical tradition, Ottoman calligraphy, and Byzantine art, until a forbidden love brings him before the Venetian courts.
The novel won the Grand prix Jean-Giono in 2011, the Prix Alberto-Benveniste in 2012, and the Prix de l'Algue d'Or in 2012.
For readers of historical fiction and lovers of Renaissance painting, with an interest in Venice, art, and the encounter between cultures and faiths.
Metin Arditi, born 2 February 1945 in Ankara, is a French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin.
