Cell

Sometimes I feel like a lonely child…
Far from home.
A room two by four. A small window. A toilet and mirror in the corner. Light, always light, burning the eyes, turning day into night. A man alone in a cell; but his mind is crowded. This cell, where he is locked up as punishment, is so crowded and chaotic that it is the only place where he can escape from people and the cruel world. His only wish is to be alone anyway... Hubert Selby Jr., the author of cult novels such as Last Exit to Brooklyn and Lament for a Dream, this time describes the sadistic, hatred that passes through the mind of a man who is devoid of the feelings of love and compassion and has fallen into the fire of a cruel world. He makes us share his fantasies. These images of horror gnawing at the inside of the man's mind are so violent, nauseating and disturbing that they make you feel like running to the nearest window and taking a deep breath on every page. Selby, one of America's richest imaginative writers, is a writer who cannot keep up with the order, who dreams and lives extraordinary things in the ordinary flow of life, who suffers deeply, with his mastery of transforming street jargon into poetic language and truly touching pain, a wound in the hearts of each of us. It shakes people deeply because of its touch.
In this sense, we can say that Cell is the book of pain. It shows us how much we can hurt each other. For no reason. Just for the sake of evil. Therefore, although this book deals with a lawsuit and portrays a hero, or rather an anti-hero, who is in pursuit of justice and seeking the rights of the oppressed, we see in every line a tormented soul begging for mercy.



Number of Pages: 256

Printing Year: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Ayrinti Yayınlari

First Edition Year: 2012

Number of Pages: 256

Language: Turkish