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The Seamstress of Ourfa by Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Seamstress of Ourfa about?
It is 1895, Ourfa, a thriving, cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. Khatoun Khouri, a girl of thirteen, meets her future husband, Iskender Agha Boghos. Twice her age, a poet, philosopher and dreamer, he adores her but cannot express it in words. Around them, the Ottoman Empire is crumbling, the world heading towards war and the Armenian minority subjected to increasing repression, culminating in the genocide of 1915. As Iskender retreats into his books and alcohol, losing land, money and business, Khatoun holds their family together by sewing for the wives of the men who persecute them; her creations inciting love, lust and fertility. The family joins the resistance and evades the death marches to the Syrian Desert only to lose everything when exiled by Mustafa Kemal and the birth of the Turkish Republic in 1923. What follows is a tale of love, loss and redemption in the diaspora told by four generations of women, each becoming the guardian angel of the next. Advanced praise for the book 'An intimate and richly lyrical epic of Armenian life and tragedy.' - Colin Thubron Vividly imagined and realised down to the last stitch of a coat hem in the most gorgeous prose, The Seamstre
Who reads The Seamstress of Ourfa?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (158 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14