A resilient Turkish writer\'s inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.
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..
Confined in a cell four meters long, Imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan\'s oppressive regime.
Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own.
I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did.
I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his.
I await the decision that Will determine my future, just as he awaited his.
I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago.
The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine.
Best Book of the Year - Bloomberg News A resilient Turkish writer\'s inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.
A resilient Turkish writer\'s inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism
