I Will Never See the World Again, Ahmet Altan
I Will Never See the World Again, Ahmet Altan
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I Will Never See the World Again
The Memoir of an Imprisoned Writer

Author: Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Congar

Narrator: Adam Alexi-Malle, Philippe Sands, Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019


Synopsis

A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.

The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did.

Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own.

Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places.

About The Author

AHMET ALTAN, born in 1950, is one of Turkey's most important writers. In the purge following the failed coup of July 2016, Altan was sent to prison pending trial for giving "subliminal messages" in support of the coup. In February 2018 he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for attempting to overthrow the government. Fifty-one Nobel laureates have signed an open letter to President Erdogan calling for Altan's release. Altan is the author of seven essay collections and ten novels.Yasemin Çongar is the co-founder and general director of P24, a nonprofit platform for independent journalism in Istanbul. She is also the founder of K24, a Turkish literary review, and, most recently, the Istanbul Literature House. An editor, essayist, and translator, Çongar is the author of four books in Turkish.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria

«Μεχμέτ Μπέη, εδώ πρέπει να ξεχάσεις το έξω, ειδάλλως θα δυσκολευτείς πολύ». Αυτό είναι σοφή συμβουλή. Πρέπει να ξεχάσεις ότι υπάρχει ζωή έξω. Όμως δεν είναι δυνατόν να ξεφορτωθείς την επιθυμία. Μπορείς να ξεχάσεις τη ζωή, όμως δε μπορείς να ξεχάσεις τους ανθρώπους που αγαπάς, και κάθε όμορφο πράγμα......more

Goodreads review by Mehmed

The review on the cover "Read this - it will explain why you ever read anything, why anyone ever writes" by A. L. Kennedy might sound like clickbate material, but in fact it happens to be the best/only way to describe this book.......more

Goodreads review by Sepehr

از ادبیات ترک، دو کتاب را بسیار در انتظار ترجمه و انتشارشان بودم. یکی همین دیگر رنگ دنیا را نخواهم دید از احمد آلتان و دیگری، برف اثر اورهان پاموک ( البته پیشتر از برف پاموک یکی دو ترجمه‌ی غیر قابل اعتنا وجود داشت ). خوشبختانه هر دوی این کتاب‌ها امسال منتشر شدند و من با ذوق شروع کردم به خواندن کتاب آ......more