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Something Funny to Write About Turkish Literature
12.95
A
young boy challenges an old man to write about something funny. For a seasoned
author, how difficult can this be? Surely it's just a matter of diving into his
memories and producing an amusing tale from his past. But as Süleyman Akçalı
revisits scenes from his earlier life, he realizes he has lived for
seventy-three years without a single comic interlude. He even struggles to remember
the last time he laughed. Then it hits him: What if his whole life, far from
being the tragedy he imagines it to be, is actually one long comedy? Something
Funny to Write About is a chronicle of nostalgia and longing, a collection
of confrontation and regret. A washed-up singer, a proud shopkeeper, a grateful
widow, a bemused holidaymaker… They each have a multilayered story of
friendships rekindled and discovered, dreams deferred and hopes renewed. The
plain emotion and insistent truths of Deniz Kavukçuoğlu's prose breathe life
into the deeply singular human stories inhabiting modern Turkey. As the title
story reminds us, amid life's follies and disappointments, we are all of us
laughable figures.
A
young boy challenges an old man to write about something funny. For a seasoned
author, how difficult can this be? Surely it's just a matter of diving into his
memories and producing an amusing tale from his past. But as Süleyman Akçalı
revisits scenes from his earlier life, he realizes he has lived for
seventy-three years without a single comic interlude. He even struggles to remember
the last time he laughed. Then it hits him: What if his whole life, far from
being the tragedy he imagines it to be, is actually one long comedy? Something
Funny to Write About is a chronicle of nostalgia and longing, a collection
of confrontation and regret. A washed-up singer, a proud shopkeeper, a grateful
widow, a bemused holidaymaker… They each have a multilayered story of
friendships rekindled and discovered, dreams deferred and hopes renewed. The
plain emotion and insistent truths of Deniz Kavukçuoğlu's prose breathe life
into the deeply singular human stories inhabiting modern Turkey. As the title
story reminds us, amid life's follies and disappointments, we are all of us
laughable figures.
