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Murathan Mungan - Hamamname

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"The idea for writing such a book first emerged back in the 1980s, when I was still living in Ankara. In my 1995 work, Murathan ‘95, which I prepared for my 40th birthday, I informed readers about this concept in the “Ufuk Ayarı” section’s “Before Dying” piece: “‘Hamamname’ is a book that has been spinning in my mind for years. It’s a secret history novel. I aim to tell and have others hear Istanbul’s last few centuries from the perspective of a hamam jinn who, after settling in an Istanbul bath a few centuries ago, wandered through various baths until our time—recounting history solely from what’s visible from the bath. I’m seeking a new language that connects the underground histories, bathhouses, water cisterns, and the winding paths between everyday life and individual lives with the history of Istanbul’s baths, as well as a bridge between Ottoman arts and contemporary narrative techniques.”

Murathan Mungan

However, the initial notes on Hamamname weren’t committed to paper until much later, starting on June 26, 2009. After that, more years passed.

Hamamname represents the first significant return to Ottoman material since my initial poetry collection Hikâyat Concerning the Ottomans.

This book owes a great deal to the legacy of many writers, especially Reşad Ekrem Koçu, Ebüzziya Tevfik, Ahmet Refik, Enderunlu Vâsıf, Ahmet Rasim, Sermet Muhtar Alus, Semavi Eyice, the bathhouse steward Derviş Ismail, and Enderunlu Fâzıl Bey. It was written with the inspiration of that legacy.

Language: Turkish
Release Date: August 2020
Size: 13,x21 cm
Pages: 192

 

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