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Wijk & Wijk Publishers The Netherlands www.wijkenwijk.nl
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A Children's View of... Turkey
ISBN: 90-5117-090-4 full color hard cover bound 75 pages price: €15,70 |
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Enchanting souvenir Which grown-up doesn't remember from his youth the stories of the Arabian Nights? In that eastern story-telling tradition fits the picture-book 'A Children's View of... Turkey', drawn by Turkish children from the country-side who emigrated to Western Europe in the mid-eighties and nineties. Marie Wijk, Soroptimist, composed an artistic book from their drawings and added covering texts. 'A Childrens View of... Turkey' draws a colourful picture of country life in eastern Turkey up till about 15 years ago not from the modern, bustling presemt-day Turkey. It pictures a way of life, as such almost extinct, giving it an exotic quality. This book feature stories about sultans and milkmaids, about spinning, fetching water at the well and carpet knotting, about century-old funny folk, figures as the blacksmith Karagõz and the bricklayer Hacivad, about customs around birth, marriage and burial. The beautiful drawings and the covering informative texts make 'A Children's View of... Turkey' into an enchanting souvenir of a visit to Turkey. | ||
