{"product_id":"the-stone-woman-9781781680049","title":"The Stone Woman","description":"Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a retired Ottoman notable, retires to its summer palace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. It is 1899 and the last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. A former tutor poses a question which the family has been refusing to confront for almost a century: 'Your Ottoman Empire is like a drunken prostitute, neither knowing nor caring who will take her next. Do I exaggerate, Memed?' The history of Iskender Pasha's family mirrors the growing degeneration of the Empire they have served for the last five hundred years. This passionate story of masters and servants, school-teachers and painters, is marked by jealousies, vendettas and, with the decay of the Empire, a new generation which is deeply hostile to the half-truths and myths of the 'golden days.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stone Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is the third novel of Tariq Ali's 'Islam Quartet'. Like its predecessors--\u003ci\u003eShadows of the Pomegranate Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Saladin--\u003c\/i\u003eits power lies both in the story-telling and the challenge it poses to stereotyped images of life under Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781680049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Tariq Ali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302234284213,"sku":"9781781680049","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_93b6e106-7e1c-460b-bd03-83f2fa7c20bd.jpg?v=1744724734","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-stone-woman-9781781680049","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}