"Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, and lived in the total seclusion befitting her class. His grandmother, who also lived in their home, was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. The 1914 War, however, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The red fez was ousted by the cloth cap, and the family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London where, seven years later, he wrote his extraordinary story of his family's survival."--Back cover
İrfan Orga Livres
31 octobre 1908 – 29 novembre 1970
Les romans d'Irfan Orga éclairent la vie quotidienne des familles ottomanes turques, s'appuyant sur ses expériences uniques. Ses écrits explorent divers aspects de la culture, de l'histoire et des traditions culinaires turques. Il a également écrit une biographie d'Atatürk et sa propre histoire de vie, ses premières années ayant été profondément marquées par le témoignage des difficultés de la Première Guerre mondiale.
