{"product_id":"9781529099270","title":"The Endless Country : A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred Years by Sami Kent","description":"Captivating. Kent effortlessly weaves travels that are close to his heart into a bigger story of Turkey's past and present' - Mishal Husain'A rich, spellbinding book: dense with people, stories, history, colour, lived experience . . . The book is alive on every page' - Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of OthersThe Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey's past - the nation the author's father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.   It is not about Erdogan or Atat?rk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent's book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family's favourite dessert, k?nefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.   From tiny weightlifters to the world's biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey's past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.   'This is surely how history should be told - human, fun, alive' - The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303301296501,"sku":"9781529099270","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529099270.jpg?v=1762794140","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529099270","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}