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4,667 books · 44 prizes · 39 countries
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Orhan Kemal 2022 · Winner
Taş ve Gölge
Burhan Sönmez · 56 when first published
Novel · 432 pages · Historical, Love
AI-generated summary:Orphaned as a boy in Mardin, near the Syrian border, Avdo learns to carve gravestones from an old master and spends a long life among the dead and the living.
Orhan Kemal 2009 · Winner
Son Ada
Zülfü Livaneli · 62 when first published
Novel · 320 pages · Politics, Nature
AI-generated summary:On a small, self-governing island of forty households, a retired president who once led a military coup settles down and sets out to rule it alone, as he sees fit.