No Room on Board

“Despite everything, we are trying to hold on to what we have experienced and what we know, we have nothing but our past. There is nothing else to hold on to.”

“In this case, I would be one of the unknown and hostile shadows on the street. One of the heroes of the chaos. A shadow like the other shadows that sneakily watch the windows of the apartment buildings and watch over those on guard at the corners. As an essential element of the chaos, as one of the subjects of the chaos, I would try to hasten the destruction, even if unconsciously, by drifting towards drunkenness. I accept that this is liveliness and vitality, but I can't do any of these, I can't even drag this woman out, I continue to cling to the idea that life flows according to rules. Clinging to the past and the rules is fatal.”

No Room on the Boat is a striking novel in which Ömer F. Oyal narrates a civil war that was expected but caught unprepared through an inner conversation, daily events, and small but vital details. A struggle for survival in which all lives and spaces are occupied, adults are rapidly becoming cruel, children are growing up rapidly, the sense of tomorrow is slipping from everyone's grasp, and they are desperately sailing into the unknown...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2. Dough

Number of Pages: 208

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Prints: 1. Printing