{"product_id":"from-life-itself-turkey-istanbul-and-a-neighborhood-in-the-age-of-erdoan-9780374298432","title":"From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdo\u0026#287;an","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A richly textured human history.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dizzying tour de force . . . \u003ci\u003eFrom Life Itself\u003c\/i\u003e leaves the reader with a sense of wonder.\" --Elif Batuman, author of \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaragümrük, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for petty thieves, cheap apartment blocks, and an influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Suzy Hansen went looking for the truth behind the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what would soon arise in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives in this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring a decade spent reporting from Karagümrük, Hansen discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know some of its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist in Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK Party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. Through these local perspectives, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagümrük to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, capturing the sweep of the last ten years in microcosm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Life Itself \u003c\/i\u003eis a story for a world out of joint. An absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change, it offers lessons for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzy Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.24w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374298432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHansen, Suzy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSuzy Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e lived in Istanbul for more than a decade, where she was a contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction and the winner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award. She has taught writing at Princeton University, New York University, and Bard College.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Suzy Hansen \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897147310237,"sku":"9780374298432","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_49dd03b3-3670-4b59-a6dc-1611c0472469.jpg?v=1778002748","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/from-life-itself-turkey-istanbul-and-a-neighborhood-in-the-age-of-erdoan-9780374298432","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}