Tuesday, August 12, 2008

What book should I read next: La Rose Retrouvée?

What is "La Rose Retrouvée"?

It is the name of book currently I am reading, the first novel of Turkish writer Serdar Ozkan. Diana's fantastic story creates a new fresh life inside me. Its style is very similar to St.Exupery's Little Prince and Paulo Coelho's Alchemist.

Briefly story:
"A great philosophical tale, a story of rare poetry, a poignant reflection on the meaning of existence, and a profound quest that leads the reader through Turkey!

Diane has just lost his mother. Just before dying, the latter wrote him a letter announcing that his father was not dead but had escaped with ... her twin sister Mary. A sister who embodies everything that Diane had always wanted to be. The quest to find this unknown sister Diane take up Turkey, where a strange woman will have to learn to converse with the roses before putting on the trail of her sister and, ultimately, herself." (serdarozkan.info)

Well, it has been published in 25 different countries, and La Rose Retrouvée is the name of its French publication in Canada.

I searched its accessible editions with publisher names:

SPAIN – Maeva Ediciones
ROMANIA – R.A.O. International Publishing
PORTUGAL – Publicacoes Europa America
JAPAN – Village Books
SOUTH KOREA – Woongjin Think Big
BULGARIA – Bard
ITALY – Bompiani (RCS)
BRAZIL – Editora Nova Fronteira
FRANCE – Presses du Chatelet
RUSSIA – Hemiro Limited
FINLAND – Minerva
POLAND – Bertelsmann
INDONESIA – PT Gramedia
INDIA (MARATHI) – Mehta Publishing
LEBANON – All-Prints
GERMANY – Blanvalet (Random House)
GREECE – Livanis
CANADA (QUÉBEC) – Les Intouchables
CZECH REPUBLIC – Triton
TURKEY – Doğan Kitap
NETHERLANDS –De stem van de roos (The House of Books)
HUNGARY –A Megtalált Rózsa (Trivium)
LATVIA – Rozes Balss (Atena)
CROATIA – Glas Ruže (Hena Com)
SERBIA – Izgubljena ruža (Okean)
SLOVENIA – Izgubljena Vrtnica (Mladinska)

What is not "La Rose Retrouvée"?
-the Lost Rose. The Turkish name of book means the Lost Rose, while its french title is the Found Rose. Well, just bit interesting...

Useful titles for "La Rose Retrouvée"?
A critique of La Rose Retrouvee on TV youtube.com
Rose retrouvée La amazon.ca

I could rediscover myself by reading this book. Let's see!

References:
http://www.serdarozkan.info/cb1.html