The Princes' Islands

Istanbul's Archipelago
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-914982-08-8
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 117 Seiten, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 128 mm, Gewicht: 124 g

Off the coast of Istanbul, in the Marmara Sea, lie the Princes' Islands. An archipelago of unusual natural beauty, they have long been considered the maritime suburb of the imperial capital on the Bosporus and effectively shaped by its manifold history.

Exploring the islands' history, landscape, and culture with poetic verve, Joachim Sartorius draws a loving portrait of this microcosm of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Turkish identity and of the myriad characters who call it home.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sartorius, Joachim

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1'Stamboul, with all its sea-suburbs and sea-lanes' // 15A feast at Prinkipo // 25The world's balcony // 39John Pasa's villa // 51Saint George and the Raku // 63Room with ferryboats // 67Sait Faik's Island // 79Crystal chandelier on a wooden cart // 93The point and the flat // 103Kamariotissa // 113Acknowledgements 115Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Joachim Sartorius, born in 1946, is a poet, translator, and commentator. He grew up in Tunis and spent twenty years in the diplomatic service in New York, Istanbul, and Nikosia. Until 2000 he was the Secretary General of the Goethe Institut. He has been Director of the Berliner Festspiele since 2001. He lives and works in Berlin. His selected poems were published in English by Carcanet, "Ice Memory", 2006. His most recent volume of poetry, Hôtel des Étrangers, was published in 2008.