The Book of Disappointments

A dead woman's reckoning with life Margit Schreiner tells the futility of our efforts that make up every moment of our lives from birth to death in a language that is bitter but not devoid of humor. The gradual loss of magic of the world we begin to discover with birth, the disappointment of our hopes and expectations, the formation of stereotypes in our lifestyles, the fact that the decisions we make only create a change in appearance and the gradual narrowing of our possibilities turn into a tragicomic balance sheet in Schreiner's hands.

We always think that everything can be the same as before. But this is not true. Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing. Wrinkles will never be smoothed out. Neither our posture disorders, nor the weaknesses in our senses of sight and hearing, nor the damage to our joints can be repaired. A leg fracture changes everything, just like every sprain, every experience, every love and every reproach. Everything leaves its mark behind. Especially life.



Number of Pages: 120

Year of Publication: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publishing House: Metis Publishing

Year of First Publication: 2008

Number of Pages: 120

Language: Turkish