I Will Never See the World Again

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by Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar (Translator)

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

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Description

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 metres 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.

Additional information

Book Condition

New

Cover

Paperback

Size

Length: 224 pages
Dimensions: 198x128x22 mm

Genre

Nonfiction, Biography, Essays, History, Memoir, Politics

Published

March 7, 2019 by Granta Books / First published in 2018

Awards

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2019)