Living for His Work
Ezra Pound and His World (Edebi Şeyler, 1st Print, 2016) is interesting in terms of reflecting how Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was perceived during his lifetime.…
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May it Be Good
"It is told everywhere that the summer is over," says Ülkü Tamer in his poem "Summer is Over". Summer is over; poetry is not over!…
Great Lives That Go On In Simplicity
Baltar (Şule Publications, 2018) is the first novel of Şule Köklü. Debuts are usually introverted, individual and autobiographical. It is hard to say the same…
Footsoldier
Should I say the verse or the sentence, my grandma said half of it and me the other half. On my way to the army,…
Don Quixot or Râcî?
A’mâk-ı Hayâl (Depths of Dream) (Büyüyenay Publications, 2. Print, 2016) must have been one of the first novels to come to mind when the subject…
Noon
Fire, water, air, earth… Does life consist of these four things only? As you live, as you write, as you set out on a new…
Goethe Meets With Wittgenstein
Thomas Bernhard’s Goethe Dies (Yapı Kredi Publications, 2. print, 2017), which consists of four short stories, takes the readers on an intellectual journey. Bernhard's difference…
Forest
"We all work in the same forest." It's a line I don't forget why I said, but I don't know why I should remember. It…
The First World War, With a Different Face of It
Political or military journals are written for defense purposes. When a person realizes that he has been wronged and cannot defend himself by the judiciary…
Pomegranate
The beauty of the beginning. The bustle of preparation. It's the rush of taking the road. The enthusiasm for the reason what appears to be…
He Who Laughs Last Laughs The Longest
Tim Parks continues with the Mimi (Massimina) subject in Painting Death (Alef Publishing, 2017). Our protagonist is Morris Duckworth, of course… Events that take place…
Blue
“All air was a bird”. All day was light. All words were a poem. All poem was love. All the world was a dream... All…
The Neverending Journey of Humankind
Dünya Bir Gelindir (The World Is a Bride) (2018, Şule Publications) is among the strong works, proving that a novel unique to the East, more…