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Amin Maalouf's novel "Far from the East" tells the story of a group of friends scattered across different countries after the Lebanon Civil War who reunite years later for the funeral of their old friend Murad and confront their shared past in the process. Roman delves into the depths of individual and collective memory to reveal the lasting impact of war on people and their relationships. Far from the East " image-alternate="" image-element-format="right"> Book Content Return Home and Confro

Liminality; a term used across multiple disciplines including anthropology, sociology, literature, and translation studies, to describe the state of ambiguity, uncertainty, and in-betweenness experienced by individuals, groups, or societies during transitions from one condition or social position to another.【1】 The concept originates from the work of French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep, Rites de Passage, and was expanded by British cultural anthropologist Victor Turner; it represents an unstab

Oya Baydar’s 1998 novel Hiçbiryer’e Dönüş explores the process by which a woman who left Türkiye after the military coup of 12 September 1980 returns to her homeland years later. The novel examines the identity crisis, sense of alienation, and historical fractures experienced by an individual who once belonged to an ideology, lived in exile, and witnessed political struggle. The narrator is an unnamed female character, and the narrative unfolds through her inner monologues, memories, and fragmen

Kemal Ateş’s novelToprak Kovgunları is a literary work that examines the rapid internal migration process in Türkiye during the second half of the 20th century through the social and cultural consequences of population movements from rural areas to urban centers. The novel takes shape around the identity crises economic hardships and struggles for adaptation experienced by individuals who left village life and began living in informal settlements. Written in a social realist vein the work narrat

Adalet Ağaoğlu’s Ölmeye Yatmak, published in 1973, is one of the significant works in modern Turkish literature. Roman is the first volume of the author’s tetralogy Dar Zamanlar and examines the identity crises of intellectuals during the Republican era, social transformations, and the alienation of the individual. Subject and Structure of the Novel Ölmeye Yatmak begins with the protagonist Aysel lying in bed with the thought of death, in a main room. This moment serves as the starting point for

Amin Maalouf’s novel Doğudan Uzakta tells the story of a group of friends scattered across different countries after the Lebanese Civil War who reunite years later for the funeral of an old companion and confront their shared past in the process. Roman delves into the depths of individual and collective memory, laying bare the lasting impact of war on people and their relationships. Doğudan Uzakta " image-alternate="" image-element-format="right"> Book Content Return Home and Confrontation Th