I will never see the world again /
Altan, Ahmet Hüsrev, 1950-
I will never see the world again / Ahmet Altan ; translated by Yasemin Çongar from the Turkish ; foreword by Philippe Sands. - xi, 212 pages ; 20 cm
The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four metres long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest place
Translated from the Turkish.
9781783785155 (paperback) 1783785152 (paperback)
2018493400
GBB910304 bnb
019211398 Uk
Altan, Ahmet--Trials, litigation, etc.
Altan, Ahmet, 1950- --Juicios, litigios, etc.
Journalism--Turkey.
Novela turca
Literatura turca
Periodismo --Turquía
Political crimes and offenses--Turkey.
Delitos políticos--Turquía
Turkey--Politics and government--1980-
Turquía --Política y gobierno --980-
PL 248 / A465w 2019
894/.3533
I will never see the world again / Ahmet Altan ; translated by Yasemin Çongar from the Turkish ; foreword by Philippe Sands. - xi, 212 pages ; 20 cm
The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four metres long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest place
Translated from the Turkish.
9781783785155 (paperback) 1783785152 (paperback)
2018493400
GBB910304 bnb
019211398 Uk
Altan, Ahmet--Trials, litigation, etc.
Altan, Ahmet, 1950- --Juicios, litigios, etc.
Journalism--Turkey.
Novela turca
Literatura turca
Periodismo --Turquía
Political crimes and offenses--Turkey.
Delitos políticos--Turquía
Turkey--Politics and government--1980-
Turquía --Política y gobierno --980-
PL 248 / A465w 2019
894/.3533