Turkish Delight by Wolkers, Jan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru · The Dutch author and sculptor Jan Wolkers, who has died aged 81, became famous, not to say notorious, with his book Turkish Delight, which Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Turkish Delight is, essentially, a love story -- or rather a failed-love story. That things didn't go well is made clear from the start: "I was way down in the dumps after she left me" are the narrator's opening words, and the opening chapter is a wallow in that www.doorway.ru: Jan Wolkers.
Upon its original publication in , Turkish Delight was a sensation and a scandal. Its graphic language and explicit sex scenes had an explosive effect, but just as revolutionary was its frank, colloquial style. The more straightlaced critics condemned the book, but readers saw a novel that reflected the way that they spoke, thought, and felt. Turkish Delight is, essentially, a love story -- or rather a failed-love story. That things didn't go well is made clear from the start: "I was way down in the dumps after she left me" are the narrator's opening words, and the opening chapter is a wallow in that misery. Turkish Delight by Jan Wolkers. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 7: 28, () 8: Upon its original publication in , Turkish Delight was a sensation and a scandal. Its graphic language and explicit sex scenes had an explosive effect, but just as revolutionary was its frank, colloquial style.
The story of a tempestuous love affair―and the basis for Paul Verhoeven’s Oscar-nominated film―Wolkers’s controversial masterpiece comes alive in a new translation. Upon its original publication in , Turkish Delight was a sensation and a scandal. Its graphic language and explicit sex scenes had an explosive effect, but just as revolutionary was its frank, colloquial style. Jan Wolkers’s novel Turks Fruit was translated from the Dutch into many languages and adapted into a highly regarded film. Sam Garrett’s English translation is not the first of this work, but reflects its continuing appeal. Turkish Delight opens with the unnamed narrator, a sculptor, lamenting and railing against his lost love. He describes in great detail a surfeit of sexual affairs undertaken after she departed, then flashes back to describe their first encounter: Olga picked. Turks Fruit is a Dutch novel written by Jan Wolkers in Wolkers based the character Olga on his second wife Annemarie Nauta, his third wife Karina Gnirrep and photographer and poet Ida Sipora. In , Sam Garrett published an English translation of the novel entitled Turkish Delight. Plot summary.
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