The red-haired woman /
"On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before, not the poor...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before, not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other, and exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world. But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired woman, an irresistibly alluring member of a traveling theater company, catches his eye and seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man's wildest dream will be realized, but, when in his distraction, a horrible accident befalls the well-digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master's death and who the redheaded enchantress was. A beguiling mystery tale of family and romance, of east and west, tradition and modernity"-- On the outskirts of a town outside Istanbul a master well digger and his apprentice search for water on a barren plain. Working in the summer heat, the two develop a filial bond while exchanging stories reflecting their disparate views of the world. In the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy finds an irresistible diversion: an alluring member of a traveling theater company, who seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. When a horrible accident befalls the well-digger the boy flees, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master's death-- and who the redheaded enchantress was. |
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| Physical Description: | 253 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780451494429 0451494423 |