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The Time Regulation Institute

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Topic: Classics, Satire, Literary, Humorous / General Book Title: Time Regulation Institute Author: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar ISBN: 9780143106739 Item Length: 7.7 in Genre: Fiction Format: Trade Paperback width: 4.9 in Language: English height: 1.1 in Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication Year: 2014 Item Width: 4.9 in Item Weight: 12.9 Oz Number of Pages: 432 Pages Item Height: 1.1 in

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The Time Regulation Institute. Number of Pages: 432. Weight: 0.85 lbs. Publication Date: 2014-01-07. Publisher: Penguin Group. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Time Regulation Institute ISBN13: 9780143106739 ISBN10: 0143106732 Author: Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi (Author), Dawe, Alexander (Translator), Freely, Maureen (Translator) Description: 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-- Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Penguin Group Publication Date: 2014-01-07 Weight: 0.85 lbs Dimensions: 1.3'' H x 7.7'' L x 5'' W Number of Pages: 432 Language: English

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