Leyla's House
A Novel
$31.00
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2026
Summary
Evicted from her Istanbul mansion, an elderly aristocrat forms surprising new connections across class and culture.
A colorful, nuanced novel about old and new money, the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, from the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet.
The last living member of a great Ottoman family, the refined yet sheltered Leyla finds herself homeless and vulnerable when her house is sold by the bank to a business tycoon and his ambitious wife. Forced out of this …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781635422061 |
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| ISBN-10: | 163542206X |
| Author: | Brendan Freely, Zulfu Livaneli, Yelda Turedi |
| Publisher: | Other Press LLC |
| Imprint: | Other Press LLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“[A] compassionate novel…[Livaneli] capably explores the meaning of home and the importance of shelter…a satisfying morality tale.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Disquiet:
“Entirely captivating.” —New York Times Book Review
“[An] arresting novel.” —The New Yorker
“A somber, pensive novel, by one of Turkey’s greatest modern writers…Livaneli’s slender narrative contains multitudes…[An] intensely emotional, memorable story.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Brendan Freely
Zülfü Livaneli is Turkey’s best-selling author and a political activist. Widely considered one of the most important Turkish cultural figures of our time, he is known for his novels that interweave diverse social and historical backgrounds, figures, and incidents, including the critically acclaimed Bliss (winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award), Serenade for Nadia, Disquiet, The Last Island, The Fisherman and His Son, On the Back of the Tiger and My Brother’s Story, which have been translated into thirty-seven languages, won numerous international literary prizes, and been turned into movies, stage plays, and operas.
Brendan Freely was born in Princeton in 1959 and studied psychology at Yale University. His translations include Two Girls by Perihan Mağden, The Gaze by Elif Şafak, and, with Yelda Türedi, Like a Sword Wound by Ahmet Altan.
Yelda Türedi was born in Mersin, Turkey, in 1970 and studied chemical engineering at Boğaziçi University. Türedi has co-translated Ahmet Altan’s Like a Sword Wound and Love in the Days of Rebellion.
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