{"product_id":"the-time-regulation-institute-9780143106739","title":"The Time Regulation Institute","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary discovery: an uproarious tragicomedy of modernization, in its first-ever English translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps the greatest Turkish novel of the twentieth century, being discovered around the world only now, more than fifty years after its first publication, \u003ci\u003eThe Time Regulation Institute\u003c\/i\u003e is an antic, freewheeling send-up of the modern bureaucratic state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At its center is Hayri Irdal, an infectiously charming antihero who becomes entangled with an eccentric cast of characters--a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman Empire, a \"clock whisperer\"--at the Time Regulation Institute, a vast organization that employs a hilariously intricate system of fines for the purpose of changing all the clocks in Turkey to Western time. Recounted in sessions with his psychoanalyst, the story of Hayri Irdal's absurdist misadventures plays out as a brilliant allegory of the collision of tradition and modernity, of East and West, infused with a poignant blend of hope for the promise of the future and nostalgia for a simpler time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143106739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2014 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2014 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmet Hamdi Tanpinar\u003c\/b\u003e (1901-1962) is considered one of the most significant Turkish novelists of the twentieth century. Also a poet, short-story writer, essayist, literary historian, and professor, he created a unique cultural universe in his work, combining a European literary voice with the Ottoman sensibilities of the Near East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen Freely\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is the principal translator of Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. She lives in England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Dawe\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is an American translator of French and Turkish. He lives in Istanbul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePankaj Mishra\u003c\/b\u003e (introducer) is an award-winning novelist and essayist whose writing appears frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was born in North India and now lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47598660878493,"sku":"9780143106739","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b701ba08-6c5a-45c2-87dc-ae4bee54f651.jpg?v=1769517310","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-time-regulation-institute-9780143106739","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}