Deng

Deng - Yilmaz Sener

“A person who is afraid of not being able to live throughout his life thinks that this is the fear of death. The fear of not being able to live the dreamed future is actually nothing but fattened anxieties. The fear of death is not built into life, it is already a part of life. Death is not like the anxiety of the future, it is always in the present surrounded by fear.”

DENG is a novel consisting of intertwined stories. From the stories of people who have become the place they live in, who are always “from there” no matter what – and who are often forced to be there! – and who seem to be in a lively photograph for those looking from the outside with eyes free from everything, sometimes as sad as the sound of a dengbej coming from afar, sometimes as joyful as good news spreading in waves…

In this novel, which takes place in a single day and is enriched with flashbacks, Yılmaz Şener questions the sense of belonging to time and place. He shows that the distance between everything flowing quickly and everything progressing step by step is not that great, contrary to what we think.