Bibliograph

The four humors, a novel, Mina Seçkin

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The four humors, a novel, Mina Seçkin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The four humors

Oclc number

1237806937

Responsibility statement

Mina Seçkin

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Twenty-year-old Sibel is fascinated by the human body. She's hoping to be a doctor and plans to spend her summer in Istanbul studying for the MCAT and visiting her father's grave. Instead, she finds herself self-diagnosing her own possible chronic illness with the four humors theory of ancient medicine. Is an imbalance of blood, bile, choler, and phlegm the cause of her physical and emotional turmoil? Also on Sibel's mind: her blond American boyfriend who accompanies her to Turkey; her energetic but distraught younger sister; and her devoted grandmother, who, Sibel comes to learn, carries a harrowing secret. Delving into her family's history, the narrative weaves through periods of political unrest in Turkey, from military coups to the Gezi Park protests. Told with pathos and humor, Sibel's search for strange and unusual cures is disrupted as she begins to see how she might heal herself through the care of others, including her own family and its long-fractured relationships

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

4 humors

Creator