Young Adult Books (ages 12+) • Novels

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THE ESTRANGED

Behçet Çelik

Editor: Müren Beykan

This game will bring everyone back together!

Behçet Çelik, award-winning author of Turkish contemporary literature sets a court game woven with the genuine and sincere emotions of early adolescence. He brings four friends together on a legal path to achieve their common goal. With its clear narration and strong storytelling, this fast-paced novel tells the story of those who listen to the same song, who meet in a mathematical set, who are unable to express themselves, who hold grudges, and who feel caught in between.

Overview

Ferhat, who always receives top grades for his writing assignments, surprises the entire class when he fails in the one where he describes how his father and grandfather don’t speak to each other. His classmate Gül wonders why they haven’t been speaking to each other for so long. When Ferhat offers to introduce her to his grandfather, he finds himself on an irreversible path. With their friends Akın and Zeynep joining in, the group of four launches a reconciliation plan. Will the trap they set –at the risk of making an even bigger mess– be enough to break the ice?..

AUTHOR

Behçet Çelik

He was born in Adana in 1968. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law in 1990. At the age of nineteen, his first short story was published in Varlık magazine (1987), and his stories, essays, and translations have since appeared in various newspapers and literary magazines such as Notos. He received the 1989 Akademi Kitabevi Short Story Achievement Award. His short story collections include İki Deli Derviş (1992), Yazyalnızı (1996), Herkes Kadar (2002), Düğün Birahanesi (2004), and Gün Ortasında […]
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