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Çalikuşu (the Wren)
17.00 ₾The events in the novel take place in the early twentieth century, near the collapse of a war weary Ottoman Empire and the creation of the Turkish republic. Most of the novel is recounted in first-person diary format by Feride. In the first section, Feride describes her childhood, beginning from the beginning and leading to the events that led her to a strange hotel room. The second and largest section consists of diary entries describing her adventures in Anatolia. The third section is the only one written from the third person point of view, describing Feride’s visit to her home.
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Harem
8.50 ₾This novel ties together the lives of a girl who is taken from her family when she is 7 years old to be raised in the Ottoman harem and a young woman who is getting married at about that same time. Their stories are told side by side, smoothly shifting back and forth between narratives and their connection is tantalizingly concealed until late in the story. There is a moment in the book when one character appears in the other character’s story and the reader discovers how the two stories, seemingly isolated, were in fact connected from the beginning. Though they have lead more or less completely separate lives, they learn the same lesson and are able to ultimately make peace with themselves.
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Waiting for Fear
8.00 ₾The stories of Oğuz Atay do not lag behind his novels in terms of the depth of comprehension of daily life, the richness of expression and the energies of taking the reader away. The protagonist of the story that gave the book its name while “waiting for fear” imprisons itself at home is one of the greatest proofs of Atay’s difference in the literary route.
