Farewell _{A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul}

Set in İstanbul during the last days of the Empire, Ayşe Kulin!s novel accounts the collapse of the Ottomans.. It is a story of human suffering and tragedy.. By choosing to tell her story of anera through the eyes of a particular family living in a particular mansion in a city besieged, Ayşe Kulin follows in the tradition of the great historical novel.