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Title	:	Bliss
Author	:	O.Z. Livaneli
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	September 4th 2007 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published November 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Asian Literature. Turkish Literature. Cultural. Turkish. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels

Bliss

O.Z. Livaneli

Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 3345 Users | 257 Reviews

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Fifteen-year-old Meryem lives in a rural village in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her--and condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the "honor killing" is his son Cemal, a commando in the Turkish army.

So begins a long, mystifying voyage for Meryem as her shell-shocked cousin ushers her to the shining metropolis of Istanbul where another troubled soul, the Harvard-educated professor Irfan, embarks on his own journey of transformation--one that catapults him into the heart of Meryem and Cemal's conflict.

The crossed-paths and interwoven destinies of these three characters makes for an affecting, by turns brutal and life-affirming portrayal of traditional and modern-day Turkey that no reader will soon forget.

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Original Title:	Mutluluk
ISBN:	0312360541 (ISBN13: 9780312360542)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Premio Elba Nominee (2008)

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Never judge a book by its title, that's for sure. This book was definitely an eye opener. A novel describing the culture of modern day Turkey and the different interpretations of Islam. I'm more grateful than ever to be an American!

Really 4.5 stars for me. I had never heard of this author before and I'm really glad I read this (thank you, Asmah!). It was interesting to read not long after having read Orhan Pamuk's Snow. Some similar themes, and a similar time period, but very different stories. Livaneli took three central characters who at the beginning of the story were in different places and each dealing with a personal crisis. Their paths meet and each struggles with their crisis, undergoes some type of transformation,

I did not enjoy this book at all. The story is told by three voices. Every time I got to the professor, I glossed over the chapters. Cemal's story line was better but I felt the author could have done more with his character. Obviously, Meryem's story was the most captivating. I also felt the ending seemed kind of abrupt and not complete.

Bliss tells the story of three Turkish people at the beginning of the 21st century - Meryem, a small-village teenager with a 1st grade education; Chemal, from the same village and fighting the Kurds in the mountains; Irfan, a Harvard-trained professor who married an incredibly wealthy woman and moved to Istanbul.As the novel starts, Meryem has been shamed by being raped by her uncle, the religious leader of the family, and Chemal is supposed to "take her to Istanbul," which in her village means

I never expected this book to become a favourite - but Zülfü Livaneli impressed me with this clear writing, his humanity, his insight into different characters and his passionate treatment of different social issues in Turkey.

The lives of three individuals collide - each struggling to figure out lifes path - set against the backdrop of conflicting traditional religious beliefs and culture versus those of a progressive modern-day Turkey. Theres Meryem - a young uneducated girl, raised in the traditional environment, who is raped by her uncle, but no one knows the identify of the raper. As the head of the family, her uncle orders that she must die, having brought shame on her family and orders his son, Cemal, to do the

This was everything i needed in a book. Meryem coming out of her shell, Cemal's blind faith debunked and Irfan's rejuvenation through his nomadic lifestyle.If i had to sum up the book in a few words, i'd go for ''The demon i call by my name.''...implying how man's biggest foe is no one but himself.