{"product_id":"the-endless-country","title":"The Endless Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSami Kent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781529099270\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred Years \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey's past - the nation the author's father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent's book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family's favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom tiny weightlifters to the world's biggest prison, from a failed socialist commune to a wildly successful orchid ice cream, the book is a tribute to the sheer bewildering diversity of Turkey's past: its people, their ideas and their struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40886984409123,"sku":"9781529099270","price":24.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_4259.jpg?v=1752579995","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.live\/products\/the-endless-country","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}