
Young Adult Books (ages 12+) • Story books
Mutsuz Palyaçolar Örgütü
Sad Clowns Society
Neslihan Önderoğlu
Editor: Müren Beykan
Stories on the door steps of different worlds…
One of the leading and award winning story tellers of contemporary Turkish literature, Neslihan Önderoğlu, wrote again for her young readers, fifteen refined yet quite real stories, after her debut young adult novel Lend Me Your Voice. Önderoğlu attracting the attention of young readers with her simple but strong narration style. All 15 stories, elaborately touching the fragile details of everyday life, are bundling the readers up with friendship, neighbourhood life, family affairs and feelings of young people. Önderoğlu reaches her readers with not only what she tells, but also with what she doesn’t tell. She stands by the young people, by all those who are ignored without compromising the authenticity of her stories.
Overview
Unforgettable taste of the ice cream refreshing your mouth on the way to school, excitement of the siblings waiting in front of the window, dreams tagged along a plane in blue sky, courageous lovers, hearts waiting for their father, melancholy mingling with the wind… In the stories reflecting the colours, sounds and feelings of the early adolescence years, melancholy and joy, hope and disappointment, childish curiosity and naive acceptances all interlace…

AUTHOR
Neslihan Önderoğlu
She was born in İstanbul. She studied Business Administration in Boğaziçi University. She received prestigious 2013 Haldun Taner Story Award with her first story book İçeri Girmez miydiniz ? published in 2012. She continued to write her stories and participated in outstanding story collections prepared for adults and children too. In 2015, Önderoğlu prepared two compilations. She wrote for several magazines and fanzines and worked as the editor of Sarnıç Öykü magazine. Her first novel Lend Me Your Voice (Bana Sesini […]Go to the Author
Specifications
140 pages
130x195 mm
1st edition: 2016
5th edition: 2019
ISBN: 978-605-9952-80-4
Barcode: 978 605 9952 804
Themes
solidarity • family • jealousy • moving out • death • discrimination • disabled life • right of education • friendship • class difference