{"product_id":"9780714530543","title":"Dear Shameless Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nihilistic wit reminiscent of Samuel Beckett.?\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the strange, magical story of a young girl growing up in modern Turkey, from her birth in a small rural village haunted by fairies and demons to her traumatic move to the big city. Based on her own childhood experiences, Latife Tekin's literary debut marked a turning point in Turkish fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcentrating on a daughter's struggle against her overbearing mother set against the pressures of a rapidly changing society, \u003ci\u003eDear Shameless Death\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic, hallucinatory novel, with strong feminist insights about what it means to be a woman growing up in Turkey today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major best seller in her native Turkey, Latife Tekin maintains a politically active presence and has written a number of literary works. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBerji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Marion Boyars to great critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027667468528,"sku":"9780714530543","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780714530543_p0.jpg?v=1763617438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780714530543","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}