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The Seamstress of Ourfa

Harwood Butler-Sloss, Victoria
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Armida Publications Ltd (N/A)
Published: June 28, 2018
ISBN: 9789963255597
298 pages, 2 black and white maps
Country of publication: Cyprus

£16.00

The Seamstress of Ourfa richly recreates the culture of the Armenian community in Ourfa at the tail end of the Ottoman Empire.

The eponymous seamstress, Khatoun, creates beautiful dresses that leave her customers’ husbands dizzy with desire, while her sister in law Ferida cooks sumptuous feasts to sustain a growing and lovingly described group of relatives and the waifs and strays they adopt.

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