Dimensions
129 x 198 x 20mm
Compellingly readable, hauntingly beautiful novel set in the mountains of Turkey in the early '50s.
In Mavisu, a village in south-west Turkey there is a young woman called Nurdane. She is very beautiful with long black hair and unlucky blue eyes. She contracted polio when she was five and is severely crippled.
Her father Ali teaches her to weave to compensate for her disability. He tells her that when Allah takes something away, he gives something in return - the loss of the use of her legs is compensated for by her skill as a magical weaver of dowry rugs for brides.
But there is a catch - Allah will only continue to make rugs through her if she remains a virgin and keeps her hands pure . . . How can such a burden not end in tragedy?
