{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-bosphorus-forbidden-love","title":"The House on the Bosphorus (Forbidden Love)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMadonna in a Fur Coat\u003c\/i\u003e: a beloved Turkish novel\u0026amp;mdash;the most famous in Ottoman literature\u0026amp;mdash;about the romantic intrigues of a young woman who wins the heart of a handsome older man living in the biggest palace on Istanbul's stunning Bosphorus waterfront, now in English for the first time and with a foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Merve Emre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes time to marry, there is no better match for the fashionable young Bihter than the handsome widower Adnan Bey: He\u0026amp;rsquo;s rich, he lives in the largest house on the Bosphorus, and he makes her manipulative mother inordinately jealous. Yet Bihter\u0026amp;rsquo;s successful marriage plot does not mean that all is perfect in her new home. Her stepdaughter makes herself Bihter\u0026amp;rsquo;s rival, and her husband\u0026amp;rsquo;s nephew ignites in her an irresistible desire. A tale of seduction, love, betrayal, and a society torn between tradition and the allure of the West, \u003ci\u003eThe House on the Bosphorus\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as \u003ci\u003eForbidden Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the literal translation of its Turkish title, \u003ci\u003eAşk-ı Memnu\u003c\/i\u003e) takes its place in the English canon alongside \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary, Anna Karenina,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003ewith this sensitive and elegant translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49725373579491,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780143139508","price":131.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780143139508.jpg?v=1789254178","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/the-house-on-the-bosphorus-forbidden-love","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}