Woman in the Moon

The Woman on the Moon is the version of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's three-quarters completed last novel, constructed by the late Güler Güven from the scattered drafts.< br>Peace and Time Regulation Institute are Tanpinar's two novels that were published as books while he was alive. Years later, readers read The People Outside the Stage, which was published as a serial, and Mahur Beste, whose serialization remained unfinished. His first novel, Mahur Beste, was also half-finished, and his last novel was also unfinished. Tanpınar was after this novel, which he would call "my work", on which he had been working for years: "The novel is not bad in its current form. If I do not bargain and give in to lack of money, I will have an important work next year," he says in his diaries. The Woman in the Moon is literally a Tanpınar novel. While the work is a novel of Istanbul, especially the Bosphorus and the sea, where the hero fills the space with the memories of his many acquaintances, it is also a novel of love that expands inside, writhes and turns into a poisonous force because it cannot be expressed. It is Leylâ Boğaziçi who said, "I married my childhood. I was born in this house. I married to die there." The author also designed his work as a political novel. The bankruptcy of Turkey's democratic experiences is combined with the bankruptcy of the people. In a way, it has many points of connection with both the Peace and the Time Regulation Institute. Tanpinar, who put himself in every novel, is also present in this novel. When you read "The Woman in the Moon" along with his diaries, Tanpinar's disintegration between his dreams and daily realities can be followed in Selim's experiences.



Number of Pages: 302

Print Year: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Dergah Publications

First Printing Year: 1987

Number of Pages: 302

Language: < /strong>Turkish