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Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe.

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ISBN: 9780520383395 | 224 pages | 6 Mb

• Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe
• Page: 224
• Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
• ISBN: 9780520383395
• Publisher: University of California Press

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Prisoner Of The Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timisoara-slave, adventurer, and diplomat-into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman's life begins upon his capture and subsequent enslavement during the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. Adrift in a landscape far from his home and traded from one master to another, Osman tells a tale of indignation and betrayal but also of wonder and resilience, punctuated with queer trysts, back-alley knife fights, and elaborate ruses to regain his freedom. During his adventures, Osman is forced to come to terms with his personhood and sense of belonging. Through his eyes, we are treated to an intimate view of seventeenth-century Europe from the singular perspective of an insider/outsider, who by the end of his account can no longer reconcile the boundaries between Islam and Christendom, between the land of his capture and the land of his birth, or even between slavery and redemption.

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