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Literary Fiction · ThoughtfulExpatriates in a hotel on the Turkish coast, and how their failings drive the story
Blood Tie
1977386 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ National Book Award for Fiction, 1978
Expatriates at a hotel on the Turkish coast
The novel takes place at a hotel in Ceramos, on the Turkish coast, where a group of expatriates live. Their personal failings drive the plot. Settle wrote the novel after she returned to West Virginia from years abroad, first in England and then in Italy.
More about this book
Who
A group of expatriates living at the hotel.
World
A hotel in Ceramos, on the Turkish coast.
What makes it different
The expatriates' flaws are the center of the story. Settle wrote it after returning to West Virginia from years in England and Italy.
Feel
Cool and observant. It won the 1978 National Book Award for Fiction.
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Further reading
- Blood TieWikipedia