The Ghosts of Anatolia is an epic tale of three families, one Armenian and two Turkish, inescapably entwined in a saga of tragedy, hope, and reconciliation. Beginning in 1914, at the start of the the Great War, confident Ottoman forces suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Russians. Pursuing Russian forces drove deep into eastern Anatolia, and the ensuing conflagration, fanned by fear, mistrust, and sedition, engulfed the Ottoman Empire. What happened there is contentiously debated, and to this day remains a festering sore of division. This compelling adventure novel brings these events poignantly to life.
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The Ghosts of Anatolia takes us on a realistic journey into a dark period of genocidal history. My own family endured the horrors on the road to Ras ul-Ain. After reading this gripping novel, I now feel as if I was with them.
Armand Arabian, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court (retired)
I was utterly transported to another place and time by Steven Wilson's Ghosts of Anatolia. The plot was engaging and the characters endearing. Wilson's generation- and continent-spanning tale is full of love and hardship, war and family, history and mystery. In Ghosts of Anatolia, we follow the extraordinary and complicated character Sirak Kazerian, from his childhood in Anatolia at the dawning of the 20th century, through his education in Jerusalem, to his later life in America. Sirak learns that, though he has fled thousands of miles, he cannot escape his past--the “ghosts” of Anatolia emerge in ways no reader will expect. Wilson's story is a tapestry of contradictions: of boundary-crossing friendships amid religious conflict, of love and letting-go, of feud and forgiveness, and of the boundless power of faith to heal.
LaVon Kellner, President of Ethis Communications
ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Finalist in Fiction - Multicultural Category
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Steven E. Wilson is the author of Winter in Kandahar, 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist in the category Best New Voice in Fiction, and Ascent from Darkness, 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in the category Action/Adventure.
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I was utterly transported to another place and time by Steven Wilson's Ghosts of Anatolia. The plot was engaging and the characters endearing. Wilson's generation- and continent-spanning tale is full of love and hardship, war and family, history and mystery. In Ghosts of Anatolia, we follow the extraordinary and complicated character Sirak Kazerian, from his childhood in Anatolia at the dawning of the 20th century, through his education in Jerusalem, to his later life in America. Sirak learns that, though he has fled thousands of miles, he cannot escape his past--the "ghosts" of Anatolia emerge in ways no reader will expect. Wilson's story is a tapestry of contradictions: of boundary-crossing friendships amid religious conflict, of love and letting-go, of feud and forgiveness, and of the boundless power of faith to heal. --LaVon Kellner
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This novel begins in Richmond Heights, Ohio in the late 20th Century and then transitions to "Ten kilometers west of Diyarbekir" in the early 1900s Ottoman Empire. Significant portions of the novel also take place in Syria and Jerusalem, as it unfolds across the 20th Century. The characters we meet along this incredible journey include Armenians, Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Beduin Arabs, Jews and U.S. "spooks." All of this fascinating tale is told as if we were sitting in a coffee shop on an exotic street and our best friend was telling us of his incredible life experience and the scenes take place in front of us on streets where camels and donkeys, soldiers and exotically clad natives saunter past.
As in his previous novels, Dr. Wilson captures our attention, and interest, and brings us another nail biting, page turning, extremely humane (and human) story from an almost unknown, at least to most of us, part of the world.This is a tale of love, hatred, and revenge, and, as the title reads, also, and to me most importantly, FORGIVENESS.I agree with the other reviewers comment: I envy you new readers as you sit down "at the coffee table" and start to experience the world that you are about to enter. I loved it more even than Winter in Kandahar, one of my favorites!
As in his previous novels, Dr. Wilson captures our attention, and interest, and brings us another nail biting, page turning, extremely humane (and human) story from an almost unknown, at least to most of us, part of the world.This is a tale of love, hatred, and revenge, and, as the title reads, also, and to me most importantly, FORGIVENESS.I agree with the other reviewers comment: I envy you new readers as you sit down "at the coffee table" and start to experience the world that you are about to enter. I loved it more even than Winter in Kandahar, one of my favorites!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A desolated story
Oct 27 2012
By martha zuluaga
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A very sad story but a well writen one. It is a story of passion, love, religion and people. It keeps you reading and interested all the book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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ghosts of anatolia
Oct 2 2012
By Genevieve Drevet
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I have read two other books by this author, he is a very good storyteller. this book told a story that was truly an event in our world history, that is hardly spoken about, and forgotten in the eyes of many! Very well written, I enjoyed it.I had trouble putting it down! And boy, I have learned so much about some amazing people!(I bought this as a kindle book)
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Quite interesting reading, but with some sad mistakes
Sep 30 2010
By A.D. Margarian
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I bought the book two weeks ago. Storyline is very well elaborated and I even think it could one day be adapted into a very good screenplay.
But, there's a big BUT in the book and I think the author did it in a deliberate manner. Here's the thing: in the book nobody speaks about Armenia!!! Anatolia or Eastern Anatolia is used instead, making me to think that the real Ghost of the book is "Armenia" and not the people who were annihilated. The author makes the principal character say "I miss our home in Anatolia" or something like that, which made me lough picturing an Armenian Genocide survivor spiking of his/her homeland as Anatolia or Eastern Anatolia.
I'm more than sure that the author knows the term "Eastern Anatolia" came to replace the "Western Armenia" mainly after the Turkish Republic was created. It was one of the important parts of the political agenda of Ataturk doing everything possible to make to world to forget that once there was a part in the former Ottoman Empire called Western Armenia and inhabited by Armenians. That innocent term "Eastern Anatolia" is SECURE since it does not refer to the politically dangerous term "Western Armenia" and most importantly doesn't imply to the people that once lived there. Therefore, it is very unnatural that the characters of the book use it when telling stories of their homeland. Summarizing, I think the author tried really hard to be "politically correct" and not to heart Turkish fillings while telling the story of the Armenian Genocide.
Other than that, it's a very interesting reading.
But, there's a big BUT in the book and I think the author did it in a deliberate manner. Here's the thing: in the book nobody speaks about Armenia!!! Anatolia or Eastern Anatolia is used instead, making me to think that the real Ghost of the book is "Armenia" and not the people who were annihilated. The author makes the principal character say "I miss our home in Anatolia" or something like that, which made me lough picturing an Armenian Genocide survivor spiking of his/her homeland as Anatolia or Eastern Anatolia.
I'm more than sure that the author knows the term "Eastern Anatolia" came to replace the "Western Armenia" mainly after the Turkish Republic was created. It was one of the important parts of the political agenda of Ataturk doing everything possible to make to world to forget that once there was a part in the former Ottoman Empire called Western Armenia and inhabited by Armenians. That innocent term "Eastern Anatolia" is SECURE since it does not refer to the politically dangerous term "Western Armenia" and most importantly doesn't imply to the people that once lived there. Therefore, it is very unnatural that the characters of the book use it when telling stories of their homeland. Summarizing, I think the author tried really hard to be "politically correct" and not to heart Turkish fillings while telling the story of the Armenian Genocide.
Other than that, it's a very interesting reading.
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