WorksThe Abyssinian Proof
(New York: W. W. Norton, February 2008) The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary, presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate and mysterious sect has grown. In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring as tensions between Christians and Muslims are aroused and riots feared. A mysterious adversary stops at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil’s personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighborhoods where Istanbul’s crime rings reside may lose Kamil not only his position but also his life. Jenny White enters this time of distrust and turmoil, re-creating the gritty underworld of a dying empire. The Sultan’s Seal
(New York: W. W. Norton, February 2006) The naked body of an Englishwoman washes up in Ottoman Istanbul wearing a pendant with the Turkish sultan’s seal. NAMED ONE OF TOP TEN FIRST NOVELS OF 2006 BY BOOKLIST NAMED ONE OF TOP TEN HISTORICAL NOVELS OF 2006 BY BOOKLIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA 2006 ELLIS PETERS HISTORICAL CRIME AWARD "CSI goes Ottoman Empire." --Booklist, Starred Review Islamist Mobilization in Turkey
(Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002) An accessible description of twentieth-century Turkey that explains the rise of Islamic politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Discusses Turkish urban life, the family,women and political activism, and new styles of veiling. Money Makes Us Relatives: Women's Labor in Urban Turkey.
(Second Edition, London: Routledge, 2004) A look into Turkish family life and the effect of Turkey’s economic reforms on women in the 1980s. Shows how women's home-based production for the global market in the 1980s is viewed as an extension of their domestic work -- highly culturally valued, but poorly compensated. "Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Novelist"
A humorous look at the adventures of a scholar turned novelist. You can find the entire essay at: www.insidehighered.com |
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