Walking on the ceiling /
Savas, Aysegül,
Walking on the ceiling / Aysegül Savas. - 210 pages ; 22 cm
"After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother's silence and anger, her father's death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu's fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she's told to protect herself from her memories"--Provided by publisher.
9780525537410 0525537414 9780525542759 0525542752
2018019889
GBB932600 bnb
019259012 Uk
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey)--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
Walking on the ceiling / Aysegül Savas. - 210 pages ; 22 cm
"After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother's silence and anger, her father's death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu's fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she's told to protect herself from her memories"--Provided by publisher.
9780525537410 0525537414 9780525542759 0525542752
2018019889
GBB932600 bnb
019259012 Uk
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey)--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.