{"product_id":"from-life-itself-suzy-hansen-9780374298432","title":"From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdo\u0026#287;an","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaragumruk, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for its cheap apartment blocks and petty thieves--and a massive influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that Suzy Hansen went looking for the truth behind the headlines of the Turkish president Erdoğan's authoritarian turn, a catastrophic regional war, and an accelerating geopolitical crisis. She discovered the neighborhood's secrets and got to know its people: Ismail, the longtime muhtar, or neighborhood councilman; Huseyin, a loyalist for Erdoğan's Islamic nationalist AK party; and Ebru, a real estate agent and mother with ambitions to unseat Ismail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Life Itself \u003c\/i\u003eis the absorbing account of one neighborhood in Istanbul that has seen profound change. But in a remarkable turn, Hansen connects the events unfolding in Karagumruk to the forces roiling Turkey, the Middle East, and the world. She asks: Was Turkey a harbinger of what we'd soon see in other countries, the resurgence of authoritarianism? Or do the lives of this neighborhood, and the transformations of Erdoğan's Turkey, reveal a more complex story? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Hansen explores Turkey's place in the world as no other writer has.\u003ci\u003e From Life Itself \u003c\/i\u003eis a book for our time--a story for a world out of joint, and for all of us who feel the pressure of the disorienting global forces remaking our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzy Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374298432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374298432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Suzy Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757453492479,"sku":"9780374298432","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e20eb8de-cfc7-4a84-a3d9-f0e92486eb55.jpg?v=1765510291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-life-itself-suzy-hansen-9780374298432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}