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Burhan Sönmez

Born 1965 · Türkiye

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Orhan Kemal 2022 · Winner

    Stone and Shadow

    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.