Istanbul Istanbul: A Novel

It's narration will keep us reading fast. Some of the characters are unforgettable. If you like fables you will love this. This book tells the Kurdish life in Turkey.

Very interesting plot and superb narration. I liked it

The imagination power of writer is extra ordinary. This is a novel which describes both hope and hopelessness, is bound to be a classic.

Burhan Sonmez's new novel has ingredients that can make it a classic. The timing of the novel ofcourse resonates with the current turbulence Turkey itself is facing. More than anything this novel probably resonates with any urbanite and reflects the dreams, torments, pains of city dwelling. Read my complete review here:[...]

Best read of 2016 for me. This book shall remain close to my heart for years to come.

Good

It's not a book to enjoy it's a book that affects you because it's so powerful. Not for the faint hearted.You can't help but feel for the plight of the people in countries that are ruled by dictators. This is happening now in the countries we visit as holiday destinations. I loved the parables which come from storytelling from years past. I book that I would have to read again as I'm sure that on rereading new things will be discovered.

On occasion,the liner between reality and illusion wasn't clear but that ensures that the prisoners were able to assuage their pain in the face of hopelessness.

Quite depressing and although through many chapters rectilinear novices why our characters are in prison off the time of thecsetting. I shall labour through it.

This book is simply the author wishing to expose what happens in Turkish prisons even in modern times. He carefully omits to disclose any distinct time line or time period. It appears it may be related to the times after the first world war when Turkey transitioned from the Ottoman empire to the ridiculous republic of Kemal Ataturk. Yet some facts written can only be related to more modern times. It is a morbid and uninteresting dialogue between four people. There are no real stories about the beautiful city of Istanbul, which I have visited more than 50 times. They are all depressing and uninteresting. It seems the author may have been arrested and imprisoned or he knew some people who had been. Just as I knew a person who had been 18 months in a Turkish prison and was never charged or accused of anything. This is what happens in Turkey even today. But the world knows little of what goes on. The author has tried to let us all know how the law and justice system in Turkey is far from that which the International Courts would accept. If the book is read in that way, it may have some purpose.

It was not what I was expecting.