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I will never see the world again : the memoir of an imprisoned writer / Ahmet Altan ; translated by Yasemin C̦ongar from the Turkish ; foreword by Philippe Sands.

Altan, Ahmet, (author.). Çongar, Yasemin, 1966- (translator.). Sands, Philippe, 1960- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

Turkish writer Altan wrote a novel about a hero under arrest, awaiting the decision that would determine his future. He did not know he was forseeing his own future-- since 2016 confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, persecuted during Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects 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 places. -- adapted from front flap and perusal of book

Record details

ISBN: 9781590519929
ISBN: 1590519922
Physical Description: xi, 211 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Other Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2019."
Formatted Contents Note:	A single sentence -- The first night in the cage -- The mirror and the doctor -- The teacher -- The cemetery of pink folders -- Cheating -- Encounter with time -- Voyage around my cell -- The dream -- Serial killer -- Meryem -- The novelist who wrote his own destiny -- The reckoning -- The judge's concern -- Wood sprites -- The notice -- Handcuffs -- The bird -- The writer's paradox.
Language Note:	Translated from Turkish.