{"product_id":"9780141195759-the-time-regulation-institute","title":"The Time Regulation Institute","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTells the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the \"life-artist\" Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest and most overlooked novels of the twentieth century, by an author championed by Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, \u003ci\u003eThe Time Regulation Institute \u003c\/i\u003eappears here in English for the first time-more than fifty years after its original publication in Turkish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the \"life-artist\" Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute. The institute's quixotic quest: to make sure all the clocks in Turkey are set to Western time. Thus begins a brilliant satire about the calamitous arrival of Western and corporate values in tradition-bound Turkey.\u003cbr\u003eAn uproarious tragicomedy that is still startlingly relevant, \u003ci\u003eThe Time Regulation Institute \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the collision of East and West, tradition and modernity, that has been playing out in Turkey since the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAHMET HAMDI TANPINAR (1901-1962) was a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, literary historian, and professor. He is considered one of the most significant Turkish novelists of the 20th century. Deeply influenced by Valéry and Bergson, he created a unique cultural universe in his work, bringing together a European literary voice and the sensibilities of the East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAUREEN FREELY (translator) is the principal translator of Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. She lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER DAWE (translator) is an American translator of French and Turkish. He lives in Istanbul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePANKAJ MISHRA (introducer) is an award-winning novelist and essayist whose writing appears frequently in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in London and India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942951333985,"sku":"9780141195759","price":9.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32227428.jpg?v=1737436747","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141195759-the-time-regulation-institute","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}