UZUN ALI, SHAME AND SALVATION is a family story of Cyprus as it was at the end of the 19th century…It is a world of Zaptiehs (police), bandits, Agas (landlords) and divided communities… told as a story of family members, in three generations over 130 years, as they lived, loved and struggled in Ottoman, British, and the War years, through decades of violence and the short-lived independence in 1960. The bittersweet story of the Uzun Ali family unfolds in such diverse places, as Canada, England, Turkey, Uganda and Liberia but the glue that binds all is Cyprus. What some literary critics said about UZUN ALI, SHAME AND SALVATION: “What a great story; history, social, political and personal” NĆēĈĞ HĚĉĘĔē-RĔĔĉ, EĉĎęč-CĔĜĆē UēĎěĊėĘĎęĞ, PĊėęč, AĚĘęėĆđĎĆ “Beautifully interwoven stories of many loves and wars…set in the most beautiful island of Eastern Mediterranean” LĆđĊ EĘĐĎĈĎĔČđĚ, HĔĘę Ĕċ RĊĆĉLĎęĊėĆęĚėĊ.ĈĔĒ, OęęĆĜĆ, CĆēĆĉĆ “A beautiful multicultural story in British Cyprus” GĊēĈĆĞ SĆĞđĆē, E. MĊĉĎęĊėėĆēĊĆē UēĎěĊėĘĎęĞ, GĆğĎĒĆČĔĘĆ, N. CĞĕėĚĘ “Easy and fun to read…” NĆğĎċ BĔğĆęđĎ, EĉĎęĔė Ćēĉ WėĎęĊė, NĎĈĔĘĎĆ, NĔėęč CĞĕėĚĘ UZUN ALI SHAME AND SALVATION Ozay MEHMET was born in Nicosia in 1938. He is married and has three sons. He lives with wife Karen in Ottawa, Canada and part of the year in North Cyprus. He is an economist and a Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. OZAY MEHMET UZUN ALI SHAME AND SALVATION OZAY MEHMET Wisdom House Publications Ltd. Unique House, 1 Dolly Lane, Leeds, LS9 7NN, England. Tel: +44(0) 113 242 0555 Fax: +44(0) 113 242 0963 [email protected] www.wisdomhousepublications.co.uk UK £14.90 US $ 24.50 Can $ 24.50 Aus $ 24.50 Eur €17.50
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UZUN ALI, SHAME AND SALVATION is a family story of Cyprus as it was at the end of the 19th century…It is a world of Zaptiehs (police), bandits, Agas (landlords) and divided communities… told as a story of family members, in three generations over 130 years, as they lived, loved and struggled in Ottoman, British, and the War years, through decades of violence and the short-lived independence in 1960. The bittersweet story of the Uzun Ali family unfolds in such diverse places, as Canada, England, Turkey, Uganda and Liberia but the glue that binds all is Cyprus.
What some literary critics said aboutUZUN ALI, SHAME AND SALVATION:
“What a great story; history, social, political and personal”N H -R , E -C U , P , A
“Beautifully interwoven stories of many loves and wars…set in the most beautiful island of Eastern Mediterranean”
L E , H R L . , O , C
“A beautiful multicultural story in British Cyprus”G S , E. M U , G , N. C
“Easy and fun to read…”N B , E W , N , N C
UZUN ALISHAME AND SALVATION
Ozay MEHMET was born in Nicosia in 1938. He is married and has three sons. He lives with wife Karen in Ottawa, Canada and part of the year in North Cyprus. He is an economist and a Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
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Wisdom House Publications Ltd.Unique House, 1 Dolly Lane,Leeds, LS9 7NN, England.Tel: +44(0) 113 242 0555Fax: +44(0) 113 242 0963editor@wisdomhousepublications.co.ukwww.wisdomhousepublications.co.uk
UK £14.90 US $ 24.50 Can $ 24.50 Aus $ 24.50 Eur €17.50
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