The Other

Ece Vahapoglu

Anthem Press, Jun 26, 2016 - Fiction - 288 pages

What if a conservative girl falls in love with a secular young woman?

The novel discloses the codes of cultural differentiation in 21st century Turkey as it focuses on the details of the two young women’s lives, their families, and their emotional and sexual lives.

Esin is an attractive, happily married Turkish woman with a modern, Western-oriented outlook and a successful career hosting business meetings in Istanbul. She would normally have nothing in common with Kubra, a conservative religious girl she met at college in the States. Kubra wears the Islamist headscarf and lives with her parents.

As Esin and Kübra form an intimate friendship, the chapters of the novel open out onto each woman’s emotional and sexual experience in turn. The cultural divisions of contemporary Turkey are dramatized through their personal lives and the dynamics within their families.

Each woman’s curiosity about the other’s mysterious world gradually takes on a boldly erotic character. At first interested in the external trappings of each other’s lives, they embark on a journey of spiritual and sensual discovery whereby each woman comes to know 'The Other.'

Contents

• Have you ever kissed a woman?: 1
• Kübras Days Family: 9
• Esins Days Alp: 15
• Kübras Days The Matchmaking Visit: 23
• Esins Days Indolence: 29
• Kübras Days Prayer: 35
• Esins Days The Summit: 39
• Kübras Days Hikmet Bey: 43
• Esins Days On the Bosphorus: 49
• Kübras Days Thankfulness: 59
• Esins Days Jacuzzi: 65
• Kübras Days Vacation: 71
• Esins Days Friends: 77
• Kübras Days A bad thing: 79
• Esins Days Reaction: 83
• Kübras Days Design: 87
• Esins Days Shock: 93
• Kübras Days Samet: 101
• Esins Days Aphrodisiac: 107
• Kübras Days Farewell: 115
• Esins Days Wildly madly: 127
• Kübras Days Moving House: 131
• Esins Days In Bodrum: 139
• Kübras Days The Contract: 145
• Kübra and Esin Wedding Dress: 151
• Esins Days Spark: 155
• Kübras Days The Henna Night: 157
• Esins Days The Kuwaitis: 161
• Kübras Days The Birthday: 165
• Esins Days Energy: 169
• Kübras Days Fasting: 175
• Esin and Kübra Iftar: 179
• Esins Days Will Power: 191
• Kübras Days The Old Fez Factory: 195
• Esin and Kübra Breath: 199
• Esin and Kübra Cream: 205
• Esin and Kübra Gauze: 213
• Esins Days Pursuit: 219
• Kübras Days Weeping: 223
• Esins Days Counterattack: 231
• Esin and Kübra Breeze: 235
• Esin and Kübra Changing Places: 245
• Kübra and Esin Fire: 253
• Esins Days What Happened Next: 267
• Kübras Days Chanting: 273
• Esin and Kübra Help: 279

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Other; Anthem Cosmopolis Writings
• Author: Ece Vahapoglu
• Translated by: Victoria Holbrook
• Publisher: Anthem Press, 2016
• ISBN: 1783084545, 9781783084548
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Women