My father Master Aharon

When people are not around, their memories also leave the streets. The sidewalks forget your steps. The sadness you never had as friends has now inhabited the corners where you played hide-and-seek. It is necessary to take a journey back, like Vasil did; a journey of falling and getting back up. A path where you will not find identities strange, like the bird nests of your childhood; a method where you will not denounce anyone. A path that you cannot take without opening the doors to a father, a sibling, or at least a brotherhood; a painful, hopeful path that you can share without touching. A path that Muharrem Erbey shares the map of in his second book of stories…

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“The different textures in his stories, local motifs, his perspective against the cruelty of traditions, his construction of events, and his approach to people are remarkable. He distills the suffering of the local people, without falling into sentimentality or exaggeration.”

-Cemil KAVUKÇU-

“The fairy-tale-like language and narrative or fairy-tale elements based on oral culture in Erbey’s stories immediately draw the eye. The heroes of the stories look back on something or someone they have lost, with a little guilt and regret, and a lot of longing and rebellion. What is lost can be someone the hero loves, or a distant childhood or identity. When eastern Turkey is mentioned, almost everything that first comes to mind; identity issues, forced migration, oppression, torture, conflict, poverty, etc. are topics that are touched on in some way in Erbey’s stories, but mostly not the focus of the text. Instead of underlining the political reasons for the oppression in daily life, he prefers to hint at them…”

-Behçet ÇELİK-

“Muharrem Erbey’s talking about humans and pursuing what is humane is the right attitude…”

-Necati MERT-

(From the Promotion Bulletin)

Prepared for Publication: Özcan Özen

Cover: Sevil Tarla

Dough Type: 2. Dough

Print Count: 1. Edition

First Printing Year : 2018

Number of Pages : 144

Dimensions : 12 x 19

Language : Turkish