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The Last Island
- Author
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Narrator
- Jean Brassard
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 21 June 2022
- Run Time
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet comes a brilliant political allegory that vividly illustrates how capitalism and authoritarianism harm us and the environment.
Having failed to hold onto power after an ironfisted first term, the former president moves to a secluded island and decides to rid it of what he sees as its “anarchic” components. The island, described by its close-knit community as a utopia, the last peaceful resort for humankind, morphs into dystopia when the president, in the hope of bringing order to island life, begins to act more and more like a dictator. The first ones to revolt against him are the seagulls.
Originally written in 2008 as a condemnation of the authoritarian Turkish regime, The Last Island has only grown more relevant, foreshadowing the events and aftermath of Istanbul’s bloody Gezi Park/Taksim Square political protests of 2013, as well as the protest movements of our time.
Critics Review
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“A lucid account of a community’s shattering alongside natural devastation. A wise and piercing book.”
Ayşegül Savaş, author of White on White
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“Livaneli poetically recounts the story of how societies get corrupted by self-serving autocratic leaders…Provides a much-needed and uplifting read for all in need of resilience and hope.”
Soner Cagaptay, author of A Sultan in Autumn
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“Urgent and allegorical…Livaneli is masterful in his depiction of how authoritarian power destroys a community’s people and environment.”
Mina Seçkin, author of The Four Humors
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Details
- Author
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Narrator
- Jean Brassard
- Duration
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9798200924943
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Dystopian and utopian fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
From the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet comes a brilliant political allegory that vividly illustrates how capitalism and authoritarianism harm us and the environment.Having failed to hold onto power after an ironfisted first term, the former president moves to a secluded island and decides to rid it of what he sees as its “anarchic” components. The island, described by its close-knit community as a utopia, the last peaceful resort for humankind, morphs into dystopia when the president, in the hope of bringing order to island life, begins to act more and more like a dictator. The first ones to revolt against him are the seagulls.Originally written in 2008 as a condemnation of the authoritarian Turkish regime, The Last Island has only grown more relevant, foreshadowing the events and aftermath of Istanbul’s bloody Gezi Park/Taksim Square political protests of 2013, as well as the protest movements of our time.
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