A Mind at Peace Author:Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar "The greatest novel ever written about Istanbul."—Orhan Pamuk"Tanpinar's lyricism and resonant plot will leave U.S. readers wondering why they've had to wait so long to read this exquisite novel."—Publishers Weekly,starred reviewA Mind at Peace, originally published in 1949, is a magnum opus, a Turkish Ulysses, a... more »nd a poetic homage to Istanbul. A historical novel as well as a love story set in the "city of two continents," a Turkish parliamentary leader chose this above all other Turkish novels to present to President Obama so that he "might better understand the Turkish people . . . and in it find the nuances of our culture and our identity."« less