Books by Tezer Özlü (2)
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Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü EN
TurkeyDescription:
The narrator of Cold Nights of Childhood grows up in a rapidly changing Turkey, where the atmosphere is nationalist, patriarchal, technocratic. As a misfit in search of freedom, love and happiness, she escapes to Berlin, is overcome by depression on her return, and trapped in a psychiatry clinic for five years. After electroshock therapy and inhumane treatment, she is released into the care of friends and family, making tentative steps in a halting journey towards recovery.In her unique, unstructured style, Tezer Özlü explores the extremity of her inner life and the painful pleasures of memory... continue
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Journey to the Edge of Life by Tezer Özlü EN
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A writer finds solitude and salvation tracing the lives and deaths of three of her literary lights in a haunted and lyrical travelogue from NBCC Award-winner Tezer Özlü. An unnamed writer embarks on an obsessive journey through Europe, drawn to the gravesites of her literary idols--Cesare Pavese, Italo Svevo, Franz Kafka--putting her life, her writing, and her politics in conversation with theirs. Untethered and spirit-like herself, she moves among European cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, and Belgrade. At times there are companions--lovers and others--but she remains steadfast... continue