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Fort Da
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- Book Synopsis
- While working at a sleep lab in northern Germany, Rosemarie Ramee, a 38-year-old American neurologist, falls in love with Aslan, an eleven-year-old Turkish Cypriot. To get closer to the boy, RR undertakes a 'marriage of convenience' to the boy's uncle. But when the uncle suddenly disappears, Ramee, alone with Aslan, must take the boy to his relatives in northern Cyprus. A train journey ensues, chronicled in RR's psychological reports and neurological inquiries. But what begins as an objective 'report' breaks down as the story progresses: RR's voice, hitherto suppressed and analytical, emerges hesitantly and then erupts, splintering every conception of inner and outer lives, solipsistic reality, and the irrevocable past. Consistently surprising and unrelenting, ""Fort Da"" turns one woman's illicit affair into a riveting exploration of language and the mind.
- About The Author
- Elisabeth Sheffield is the author of the novel Gone. She teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781573661508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press, (30 August 2009)
- Number of Pages
- 310
- Weight
- 450 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 139 x 22 mm
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