Crack in the Curtain

It's 1984 and life is quiet for 17-year-old Osman; the summer is winding down and he is preparing for school to start up. But then, at a traditional wedding celebration, Osman meets Leyla, the girl who steals his heart. Theirs is no ordinary relationship, as their lives are soon turned upside down by the Communist regime ruling Bulgaria. As an ethnic group, Turks are about to be erased, their names and cultural identities stripped from them at gunpoint with the swipe of a Communist pen. Osman needs to flee for his life; he needs to search for a crack in the curtain.

Author: Selatin Softa
Publisher: Selatin Softa
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780692260777

About the Author
Selatin Softa, a Turk, was born and grew up in the small town of Krumovgrad, Bulgaria, during the 1960s and 1970s. In his early teen years, he started the daunting task of learning English through listening to the Voice of America radio broadcasts and correspondence courses out of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. He spent a year in Sweden as a refugee near the end of Bulgaria's despicable name change campaign before receiving a grant for Bulgarian Turks to come study in America. He graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, where he met his wife of 19 years, and settled in Eastern Iowa. They now live on a small farm and Selatin spends his free time gardening, reading, writing and keeping up to date on current events in the world he left behind. This is his first novel. To stay informed on his latest project, visit his website: www.selatinsofta.com.

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