Bøker av Defne Suman

Through its 75-year-old narrator, Pericles Drakos, The Circle tells the story of Istanbul's deterioration, beginning from COVID-19 era and weaving its way backwards to the 1950s

'Every woman must be nourished by an inner reservoir of secrets...'Melike has it all: a beautiful home in Istanbul, a career as an art historian, an attentive husband. But her yearning for more excitement has led her surreptitiously into the arms of other men. On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Melike is resolute: the affairs must stop. Then she receives a mysterious email from a man named Petros, requesting a tour of Istanbul's Byzantine churches. Against her better judgement, she accepts.As soon as she sees Petros, with his endearing smile and impeccable charm, Melike knows she is in trouble. But she is not the only one keeping secrets. Petros has a hidden agenda of his own - one which, when uncovered, will not only upend Melike's future, but alter everything she believed about her past...Set alternately between 2003 and 1974, during the Turkish Army''s invasion of Cyprus, Defne Suman's third novel to be translated into English tells of one woman's place in her country's devastating history.

Told from four different perspectives, Around the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, revealing the psychological consequences of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this historical novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.