Nedim Gürsel

> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Gursel-Voyage-en-Iran/1378768
> Marc Semo, 11/2/2022 (Le Monde) : rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2022/02/11/voyage-en-iran-en-attendant-l-i...… (mehr)

Well that was really rather good :) . I suppose this is technically a set of short stories, although they're so short i'd describe them more as tableau's or vignettes.

This is a writers book, written for the sake of writing not reading and its rather glorious. A mix of autobiography, fiction and weird fiction. Its about love and sex, loss and loneliness.

From the writing i've deduced the author was exiled from Turkey for some years and that sense of wanting to come home is prevalent in more than a few of the tales. Really nice writing style, the translator i'm guessing did a very good job.

I preferred the weird fiction bits the best and could have done with a few less stories revolving around the authors many amorous encounters but overall very nice album. Thats really what it feels like, a real indie album with the most random assortment of styles and genres but all clearly by the same musician.… (mehr)