16 Şubat 2022 Çarşamba 19:00-21:00
Reading Turkey in English: The Book of Devices (Kitab-ül Hiyel)
Clifford Endres - Selda Burma
Book Club
The Kıraathane Book Club continues its discussion of Turkish-language fiction in English translation with İhsan Oktay Anar’s The Book of Devices (Kitab-ül Hiyel). Anar’s novella, set in the Ottoman Empire of the early nineteenth century is a complex and surreal fantasy with the narrator's voice getting lost in the characters whose tales of improbable inventions he relates.The IRL session will be led by Clifford Endres- himself an author and translator of note and Selda Burma, an urban planner with a strong literary bent. The bookclub has been meeting for three years but is eager to welcome new members. Feel free to read the book in Turkish or in translation; the discussion will be in English.
Clifford Endres: Came to Turkey on Fulbright 1985 & have been around most of the time since. Taught at Bogazici, Ege, Baskent & Kadir Has Universities. Translated with wife Selhan much Turkish poetry & prose plus various articles on Turkish literature. Lives in Fener. Now retired & doing nothing, but doing it well.
Selda Burma: Is an urban planner who has been working in the field of cultural heritage of İstanbul since 2005. She is also a literary lover and trying to be a good reader.
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