Bilge Karasu

[Nathan "N.R."]

Don't let the ridiculously high number of gr=ratings fool you ; there are in fact perhaps only four of his books in English and fewfew English-language readers with reviews here on gr. And he does sound pretty good. His Night especially is recommended to me by Spade=Wielder Manuk. [there's no English wikipedia for Karasu either].

Here's a NYT review of Night ::
"Pound and Gouge, Burn and Break"
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/boo...

[Ronald]

Thanks for posting this Nathan! (even if it has been quite a while)

I got a copy through my library, and really enjoyed it.

[Nathan "N.R."]

Ronald wrote: "Thanks for posting this Nathan! (even if it has been quite a while)

I got a copy through my library, and really enjoyed it."

Nicely done. I've got this and two more from Turkey ;; then hopefully find a few more BURIED nuggets there. Fingers crossed.

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He has two more books in english and i can vouch for them both, especially for the garden of the departed cats.

[Nathan "N.R."]

That makes FIVE more for me to anticipate!

[Ronald]

Manuk wrote: "He has two more books in english and i can vouch for them both, especially for the garden of the departed cats."

I'm almost positive I requested the other two when I put in my ILL for Night. But now I'm not sure, and I don't think I have any visibility into what requests I have pending...

[S̶e̶a̶n̶]

Night was great. I'll be reading more Karasu, for sure. Thanks to all for the tip.

[Nate D]

A Long Day's Evening, the only one available at the library, was interesting, if a bit of an uphill trudge for me at times. But Night, now Night has me completely riveted. Need to hunt down Death in Troy and Garden of Departed Cats now.

A Turkish friend, upon seeing that I was reading it, declared Night her favorite novel, and biggest personal influence (she's a published author in Turkey, though untranslated sadly).

[S̶e̶a̶n̶]

That's certainly high praise. Night prompted me to travel further into Turkish lit, but I fear I have made an initial wrong turn with my current read, The Time Regulation Institute, which has been a bit of a slog. Now Goodreads keeps recommending Turkish books to me, many of which look interesting, though sadly none of which are available in English.