“There is something about the way she tells a story that would make her words sparkle under any circumstances, and in any tongue.”—Financial Times

“Ermine Sevgi Ozdamar writes with wisdom and humor…(The Bridge of the Golden Horn) is an appealing tale about a young immigrant who discovers herself through politics, sex and the arts.”—Foreword Magazine

In 1966, a sixteen-year-old girl leaves Istanbul and signs up as a migrant worker in Germany. The Bridge of the Golden Horn is a witty, picaresque account of a precocious teenager refusing to become wise and the story of a young woman who is obsessed with theater, poetry, and left-wing politics.

Emine Sevgi Özdamar was born in Turkey and now lives in Berlin, where she has directed in the theater and written plays. Her other books include the novel Life is a Caravanserei.