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Book of the Edge: 17 First Edition
Author(s): Ece Temelkuran (Author), Deniz Perin (Translator)
- Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
- Publication Date: 12 Aug. 2010
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 120 pages
- ISBN-10: 1934414360
- ISBN-13: 9781934414361
Book Description
Ece Temelkuran is arguably Turkey’s most accomplished young writer. In Book of the Edge, she describes an allegorical journey wherein the speaker, or explorer, encounters strange creatures, including a butterfly, bull, swordfish, sow bug, and cruel city dwellers. These poems point to the undeniable connection between all living beings.
Born 1973 in Turkey, Ece Temelkuran (www.ecetemelkuran.com) has published eight books of poetry, prose, and nonfiction. An award-winning daily columnist for Milliyet, she was a 2008 visiting fellow at the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Translator Deniz Perin received the 2007 Anna Akhmatova Fellowship for Younger Translators.
Editorial Reviews
Review
World Literature in Review
“In
Book of the Edge, the three traditions of political poetry, Sufism, and shamanism coalesce to create a collection rife with life and death, body and spirit, serenity and chaos.” Kiyi Kitabi
“The book is, to use Baudelaire’s words, an invitation to a voyage. The speaker asks the reader to become an explorer, to leave the city and embark upon a journey of self-discovery. Although each poem stands alone, the poems work together to describe this quest; they turn into a modern, poetic fable, in which speaker, explorer, and reader merge into one. ‘You may not know it yet,’ says the speaker in the prologue, a wink at what is to come. ‘You are just like me.'”
Deniz Perin, from the introduction
The story itself is incredibly compelling. Because the allegories and metaphors are well grounded, the reader can focus less on exploring esoteric themes and are instead invited to lose themselves wholly in the tale of a journey of self discovery
It’s a universal feeling of restlessness that draws the reader in.”
About the Author
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