Behiç Ak’s Adult Collection • Story

Yıldızların Tembelliği
THE IDLENESS OF STARS

Behiç Ak

Editor: Müren Beykan

Stories that wander between the ordinary and the absurd...

In his stories, which could be both funny and dramatic, Behiç Ak takes the reader on a journey through the labyrinths of memory. The book, consisting of extraordinary examples of the art of storytelling, where subtle humour is intertwined with compelling philosophy, holds up a mirror to lives that waver between the normal and the absurd. While showing that the ordinary can be surprising and unsettling, it takes truths, distorts them and turns them inside out. Among the pages that sometimes trace ludicrous or hilarious emotions, The Idleness of Stars Law in astronomy winks at us: “Every star maintains its most idle state and moves within those limits.”

Excerpt

“My problem was this, you see, in no way could I manage to be what I was supposed to be. If I hired a cleaner, I’d soon find myself working alongside them; trying to rescue a detained friend, I’d end up getting detained myself; if a thief stole money from me, I’d feel as if I were the one doing the stealing…”

AUTHOR

Behiç Ak

He was born in Samsun and studied architecture at Yıldız Technical University and İstanbul Technical University. He’s a well-known cartoonist, author, illustrator, and documentary film director. Since 1982 he’s been drawing the cartoon strip “Kim Kime Dum Duma” that criticizes daily life. His cartoons were exhibited in several countries like Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. In addition to his plays Ayrılık and Bina, his plays Fay Hattı and Tek Kişilik Şehir which were staged in Europe attracted big interest. The documentary film he produced and directed in 1994, Türk […]
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