Two Green Otters

By Buket Uzuner

Turkish Literature

FICTION

344 Pages, 5.5 x 7.75

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $14.95 (CA $17.95) (US $14.95)

Publication Date: May 2016

ISBN 9781785080876

Rights: WOR

Milet Publishing (May 2016)

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Overview

A poignant story of love, loss, and finding one's place in a changing world. When her mother abandons her family, Nilsu loses faith in the world. Terrified of suffering the same fate, she breaks off relationships before they begin. Is she destined to remain alone?

Then she meets Teo, a passionate environmentalist and founder of the Turkish Green Party. But Teo's close relationship with his mother has always held him back, and when she commits suicide, his life spirals. Can Nilsu and Teo find solace in each other? Buket Uzuner explores the complexities of human relationships, weaving a magical love story of two souls in the modern world. Two Green Otters offers an original reinterpretation of environmentalism and love in today's world.

Reviews

"Daring narrative styles and bursts of philosophy make the maybe-love story within Two Green Otters a fascinating trip." —Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews

Author Biography

Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara in 1955. She has written numerous short stories, travelogues and novels. Her books have been on the Turkish national bestseller lists since 1992, and have been translated into eight languages. Uzuner won the Yunus Nadi Prize (1993) for her novel Balik Izlerinin Sesi (The Sound of Fishsteps), and her novel Kumral Ada–Mavi Tuna (Mediterranean Waltz) was named the Best Novel of 1998 by the University of Istanbul. Her short story collection A Cup of Turkish Coffee (2001) was published in dual language Turkish–English by Milet. Uzuner was selected as one of the 75 Most Influential Women of the Republic of Turkey as part of the country’s 75th anniversary celebration.

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