Spirit of the Town

This is a country where even the tavern owner says, "May God bless you a thousand times." It is a land with towns and taverns where companies visit and pour out art, entertainment, pleasure and enjoyment.

The streets are narrow, the squares have fountains... Ambushes are also set up and murders are committed in these places.

Anyone who shoots you cannot go there. but…

His secrets are open, he is "from here". They have many bastards and few joys. Everyone digs deep into each other's well. Virtue is hidden in moldy chests under the roofs. Morality is drowned in silence.

It's like yesterday here; The present is postponed, the future is only expected, it cannot be lived here.

This is a town, a disappointed city.

“But it will be a little smaller (...) The things inside are the same. It's exactly the same. They come from one side and go from the other. If anyone knows each other, don't believe them. This is a true acquaintance… (…) Those who leave from one door and those who come to earth from the other door do not know each other. But like insects, ants, and caterpillars, they live, grow, and die, always following the same paths, always climbing the same trees, and always falling down from the same slips... Let this light go out for this night. Let the lamp of the sky burn. (…) Close the door carefully. Those who regret it and return will be happy later if they find the door open. Pull tight.”

İlhan Tarus' novel The Spirit of the Town, published in chapters for 79 days in Yeni Sabah Newspaper between 9 December 1956 and 25 February 1957, is presented to the reader as a book for the first time.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2. Dough

Size: 12 x 19

First Printing Year: 2019

Print Number:1. Edition

Language : Turkish