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Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe (World Literature in Translation) by Osman of Timisoara; Temevarl Osman Aa; Giancarlo Casale; Osman Aa Tmvr is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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**Victor Hugo meets __Papillon__ in this effervescent memoir of war, slavery, and self-discovery, told with aplomb and humor in its first English translation.** A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, __Prisoner of the Infidels__ brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman’s life begins upon his capture and subsequent enslavement during the Ottoman–Habsburg Wars. Adrift in a landscape far from his home and traded from one master to another, Osman tells a tale of indignation and betrayal but also of wonder and resilience, punctuated with queer trysts, back-alley knife fights, and elaborate ruses to regain his freedom. Throughout his adventures, Osman is forced to come to terms with his personhood and sense of belonging: What does it mean to be alone in a foreign realm and treated as subhuman chattel, yet surrounded by those who see him as an object of exotic desire or even genuine affection? Through his eyes, we are treated to an intimate view of seventeenth-century Europe from the singular perspective of an insider/outsider, who by the end his account can no lo
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- Author
- Osman of Timisoara; Temevarl Osman Aa; Giancarlo Casale; Osman Aa Tmvr
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782020053129
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Biography
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