Altan, Ahmet Hüsrev 1950- creator Çongar, Yasemin 1966- traductor Sands, Philippe Joseph 1960- prologuista text biography essay enk 2019 monographic eng tur

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xi, 212 pages ; 20 cm The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four metres long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, 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 place Ahmet Altan ; translated by Yasemin Çongar from the Turkish ; foreword by Philippe Sands. Translated from the Turkish. a-tu--- Altan, Ahmet Trials, litigation, etc Altan, Ahmet 1950- Juicios, litigios, etc Journalism Turkey Novela turca Literatura turca Periodismo Turquía Political crimes and offenses Turkey Delitos políticos Turquía Turkey Politics and government 1980- Turquía Política y gobierno 980- PL 248 A465w 2019 894/.3533 9781783785155 (paperback) 1783785152 (paperback) 2018493400 YDX 181106 20230411090828.0 20901110 eng