"1957 yılında Kayserinin Bünyan kasabasına bağlı Karacefenk köyünde doğdum. Yürümeyi öğrenir öğrenmez okula başladım. Okul, evimizin erkek odasıydı. Sedirlerin altında cinlerle oynaşırken okumayı, yaz…
A leading German philosopher and metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) exerted an influence far beyond the hermetic world of philosophy, with adherents ranging from Richar…
A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside one’s community
Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her Children" is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventee…
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: “I shot him between the eyes.” As the tale—a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness—proceeds, the…
A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality” (Kirkus Reviews). Upon her mother's death from Alzheimers, Ernaux embarks o…
Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du français et à l'envoi de son premier roman à des éditeurs parisiens. La pauvreté matérielle en Hongrie …
Era uma vez um país em que o ardor das paixões sucumbia ao frio dos costumes. Havia naquele país uma cidade bela e lúgubre, onde os ricos se repimpavam no luxo mais ostensivo e os pobres não tinham o …
In the vein of The Dinner and Atonement, an instant international sensation sold in over 30 countries, in which three brothers confront the shattering childhood event that changed the course of their …
A landmark in world literature, Strait is the Gate describes a love affair between an acutely sensitive boy growing up in Paris and his cousin from the Normandy countryside that erupts into a soul-end…
