Ms. Hayat

“He wanted everything he wanted with great passion: a lamp, dancing to a playful song, me, a peach, making love, a delicious meal... But I also felt that he could give up everything he wanted passionately with an indifference as strong as that passion. He acted as if he had the right to want everything and the power to give up everything. I think the natural limitlessness of his desires stemmed from his great belief that he could give up. "When he lost his belief that he could give up, he would stop wanting."

Ms. Hayat, of whom Ahmet Altan said "She is the woman I love", was born in prison and is already a candidate to become one of the unforgettable characters in the history of literature.

Hayat Hanım, which received great praise from European critics and won the 2021 Femina Foreign Novel Award and the 2021 Transfuge Best European Novel Award, will not only introduce you to this extraordinary woman, but will also make you share the struggle of people trying to hold on to life in a society where everything is rotting.

You will believe again in the transformative power of love, in the days when everyone lives with the possibility of falling over and disappearing with one hit, like dummy targets standing in shooting ranges in amusement parks.