{"product_id":"the-time-regulation-institute-paperback","title":"The Time Regulation Institute - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAhmet Hamdi Tanpinar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Dawe\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMaureen Freely\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A literary discovery: an uproarious tragicomedy of modernization, in its first-ever English translation. Perhaps the greatest Turkish novel of the twentieth century, being discovered around the world only now, more than fifty years after its first publication, The Time Regulation Institute is an antic, freewheeling send-up of the modern bureaucratic state. At its center is Hayri Irdal, an infectiously charming antihero who becomes entangled with an eccentric cast of characters-a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman Empire, a \"clock whisperer\"-at the Time Regulation Institute, a vast organization that employs a hilariously intricate system of fines for the purpose of changing all the clocks in Turkey to Western time. Recounted in sessions with his psychoanalyst, the story of Hayri Irdal's absurdist misadventures plays out as a brilliant allegory of the collision of tradition and modernity, of East and West, infused with a poignant blend of hope for the promise of modernity and nostalgia for a simpler time\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmet Hamdi Tanpinar\u003c\/b\u003e (1901-1962) is considered one of the most significant Turkish novelists of the twentieth century. Also a poet, short-story writer, essayist, literary historian, and professor, he created a unique cultural universe in his work, combining a European literary voice with the Ottoman sensibilities of the Near East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen Freely\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is the principal translator of Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. She lives in England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Dawe\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is an American translator of French and Turkish. He lives in Istanbul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePankaj Mishra\u003c\/b\u003e (introducer) is an award-winning novelist and essayist whose writing appears frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was born in North India and now lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324404494438,"sku":"9780143106739","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/V5RNO6JFNP9780143106739.webp?v=1768193442","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-time-regulation-institute-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}