From a grand villa in Smyrna to a silk plantation near Mount Olympus, from a little cottage in a dusty town to the indifferent apartments of a modern day high rise, SEVEN HOUSES charts the rocky, uncertain course of one family's ever-shifting fortunes across the twentieth century. As her characters' communal baths and odalisques give way to laptops and cell phones, Alev Lytle Croutier renders a world that is rich with the portents of history and the magic of true faith. In the shdow of World War I, the young widow Esma ...
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From a grand villa in Smyrna to a silk plantation near Mount Olympus, from a little cottage in a dusty town to the indifferent apartments of a modern day high rise, SEVEN HOUSES charts the rocky, uncertain course of one family's ever-shifting fortunes across the twentieth century. As her characters' communal baths and odalisques give way to laptops and cell phones, Alev Lytle Croutier renders a world that is rich with the portents of history and the magic of true faith. In the shdow of World War I, the young widow Esma falls helplessly in love with the man who tutors her sons. Their union results in the birth of Aida, whose magical beauty brings pleasure and pain in equal measure. Esma's granddaughter, Amber, whose sheltered childhood on her uncle's plantation ends with frightening abruptness, finds solace in the American music on her transistor radio. The passions and secrets of the women of SEVEN HOUSES reach a stunning culmination when Amber returns to Smyrna with Nellie, her American-born daughter. In this emotional pilgrimage to the land of Nellie's ancestors, Croutier's enchanting, utterly captivating novel comes full circle.
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Add this copy of Seven Houses to cart. $1.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Atria Books.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of Seven Houses to cart. $5.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published by NY: Atria Books-Simon & Schuster, 2002. First printing..
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, as new in near fine dj. 306 pp. Historical novel spanning 4 generations of women in the last days of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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As New in As New dust jacket. Stated First Atria Books hardcover printing September 2002 with full number line. Genealogical table, map. 1.08 x 8.74 x 5.74 Inches. 320 pages. From internationally acclaimed author Alev Lytle Croutier, Seven Houses chronicles the lives and secrets of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey's transformation into a republic. It is the saga of a silkmaking family as told through the seven houses they occupied. From a grand villa in Smyrna in the early years of the twentieth century to a silk plantation in the foothills of Mount Olympus, from a tiny house in a sleepy town to an apartment in a modern urban high-rise, the family's dwellings reflect its fortune's rise and fall as communal baths and odalisques give way to movies and cell phones. We begin in 1910 with Esma, a young widow who defies tradition to live independently with her two young sons. Against the backdrop of World War I, her love affair with their tutor brings tragedy as well as joy in the shape of daughter Aida, whose otherworldy beauty is a source of both pleasure and hardship. There is Esma's granddaughter, Amber, whose sheltered childhood on a silk plantation undergoes a wrenching transition to urban Ankara to the beat of Elvis Presley on the transistor radio. And then there is Nellie, Amber's American-born daughter, whose return to Ismir brings the novel--and the family--full circle. Skillfully blending history with rich and sensuous imagination, Seven Houses entrances like running through a corridor of silk.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Except for one nick in the bottom of one board, essentially as new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'The Palace of Tears' and 'Taking the Waters'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'The Palace of Tears' and 'Taking the Waters'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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New in new dust jacket. BRAND NEW. Excellent condition. Has remainder mark. Never read or opened. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
