{"product_id":"evil-eyes-sea-9781941250600","title":"Evil Eyes Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eA feminist political mystery set in Istanbul during the 1995 elections tells the story of two broke students who witnessed an unusual death on a scuba diving expedition. As the case deepens, they become increasingly entangled with political corruption, religious pressure, and possibly murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey try to return to their every day, but their lives are increasingly entangled with the political corruption, religious pressure, and economic instability that results from their experience. Samanci says, \"The autobiographically-inspired story I tell in \u003cem\u003eEvil Eyes Sea\u003c\/em\u003e emerged from my college years in Istanbul, my quirky friends, and my struggles with being a young woman in Turkey's male-centric culture. In this book, I share a window into a country where narrow political views limit personal power -- a place that can be beautiful, but also cruel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOzge Samanci is a media artist, graphic novelist, and Associate Professor at Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. in Digital Media from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. In 2017, Ozge received the Berlin Prize, and I was the Holtzbrinck Visual Arts Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Her autobiographical graphic novel \u003ci\u003eDare to Disappoint\u003c\/i\u003e (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015) received international press attention and was reviewed in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eDare to Disappoint\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2016 New York Book Show Award and the 2016 Middle East Book Award and has been translated into Korean, Dutch, Romanian, Italian, and Turkish. Ozge's illustrations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Uncivilized Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608145596690,"sku":"9781941250600","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_43d5f2e1-0423-4ca6-b100-f111bd49a147.jpg?v=1732318389","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/evil-eyes-sea-9781941250600","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}