{"product_id":"9780906094075-die-autobiographie-des-dolmetschers-osman-aga-aus-temeschwar","title":"Die Autobiographie des Dolmetschers 'Osman Aga aus Temeschwar","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Osman Aga was the son of an Ottoman officer settled in the town of Temeschwar, in the West of present-day Rumania. Entering the army in his turn he was taken prisoner by the Austrians and most of his autobiography is concerned with the eleven years he spent in captivity and his eventual escape in 1699.\u003cbr\u003e'Osman Aga was the son of an Ottoman officer settled in the town  of Temeschwar, in the West of present-day Rumania. Entering the  army in his turn he was taken prisoner by the Austrians and most  of his autobiography is concerned with the eleven years he spent  in captivity and his eventual escape in 1699. He spent much of  the period in the capacity of groom, servant and even pastrycook  in noble households and his dramatic and somewhat colloquial  account of his experiences is unique in the Turkish literature of  the period, the first autobiographical novel in the language and  giving an interesting and unusual perspective on life in the age  of Ottoman decline. He knew a number of European languages and  after his return was employed as interpreter and diplomatist in  negotiations on the western border.\u003cbr\u003e The late Dr Kreutel presents, for the first time, the full  original text of the memoirs, normalised to standard Ottoman  orthography, on the basis of the unique autograph manuscript in  the British Library, and provides an introduction and notes on  the linguistic peculiarities of the work. In German and Turkish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40512176160865,"sku":"9780906094075","price":56.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41653969_32b62c83-11fc-4187-9534-ca256d781747.jpg?v=1781787160","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780906094075-die-autobiographie-des-dolmetschers-osman-aga-aus-temeschwar","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}