Motherland Hotel by Yusuf Atilgan (English) Paperback Book

Description: Motherland Hotel by Yusuf Atilgan, Fred Stark Camus meets Orhan Pamuk, via Freud, in this existentialist novel by the father of Turkish modernism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "My heroes are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Oguz Atay, and Yusuf Atilgan. I have become a novelist by following their footsteps . . . I love Yusuf Atilgan; he manages to remain local although he benefits from Faulkners works and the Western traditions."--Orhan Pamuk"Motherland Hotel is a startling masterpiece, a perfect existential nightmare, the portrait of a soul lost on the threshold of an ever-postponed Eden."--Alberto Manguel"This moving and unsettling portrait of obsession run amok might have been written in 1970s Turkey, when social mores after Ataturk were still evolving, but it stays as relevant as the country struggles to save the very democratic ideals on which the Republic was rebirthed. . . . brilliant writing . . . "--Poornima Apte, Booklist, Starred Review"Turkish writer Atilgans classic 1973 novel about alienation, obsession, and precipitous decline, nimbly translated by Stark. . . . An unsettling study of a mind, steeped in violence, dropping off the edge of reason."--Kirkus Reviews"A maladroit loner who runs the seen-better-days Motherland Hotel in a backwater Turkish town, Zeberjet has become obsessed with a female guest who stayed there briefly and frantically anticipates her presumed return. . . . as Zeberjet becomes increasingly unhinged, were drawn into his dark interior life while coming to understand Turkeys post-Ottoman uncertainty. Sophisticated readers will understand why Atilgan is called the father of Turkish modernism, while those who enjoy dark psychological novels can also appreciate."--Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal"Yusuf Atilgan gives us a wonderful, timeless novel about obsession, with an anti-hero who is both victim and perpetrator, living out a life neither dead nor alive in a sleepy Aegean city. Motherland Hotel is an absolute gem of Turkish literature."--Esmahan Aykol, author of Divorce Turkish Style"Yusuf Atilgan, like Patrick Modiano, demonstrates how the everyday can reflect larger passions and catastrophes. Beautifully written and translated, Motherland Hotel can finally find the wider audience in the west that it deserves."--Susan Daitch, author of The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir"The freedom that Atilgan articulates isnt the freedom of Lord Byron or Milton Friedman. Its more like the sense of freedom that comes with finally having a diagnoses. Its the freedom that comes from understanding that youre imprisoned in other peoples ideas of freedom. But theres a consolation and a quiet wisdom that comes from understanding that these definitions will pass in turn, like guests checking out of a hotel."--Scott Beauchamp, Full StopZeberjet, the last surviving member of a once prosperous Ottoman family, is the owner of the Motherland Hotel, a run-down establishment a rundown establishment near the railroad station. A lonely, middle-aged introvert, his simple life is structured by daily administrative tasks and regular, routine sex with the hotels maid. One day, a beautiful woman from the capital comes to spend the night, promising to return "next week," and suddenly Zeberjets insular, mechanical existence is dramatically and irrevocably changed. The mysterious womans presence has tantalized him, and he begins to live his days in fevered anticipation of her return. But the week passes, and then another, and as his fantasies become more and more obsessive, Zeberjet gradually loses his grip on reality.Motherland Hotel was hailed as the novel of the year when it was published in 1973, astonishing critics with its experimental style, its intense psychological depth and its audacious description of sexual obsession. Zeberjet was compared to such memorable characters as Quentin Compson in Faulkners The Sound and the Fury and Meursault in Albert Camus The Stranger. While author Yusuf Atilgan had already achieved considerable literary fame, Motherland Hotel cemented his reputation as one of Turkeys premier modernists. Author Biography Yusuf Atilgan (27 June 1921, Manisa - 9 October 1989, Istanbul) was a Turkish novelist and dramatist, best known for his novels Aylak Adam (The Flneur) and Anayurt Oteli (Motherland Hotel). A pioneer of the modern Turkish novel, Atilgans work, in dealing with the existential crises of human beings, probes the depths of human psychology. After graduating from Istanbul Universitys Turkish Language and Literature Department, he moved back to the town of Manisa, where he took up writing. His novelAylak Adam was published in 1959, followed in 1973 by Anayurt Oteli, which gained further fame when a film based on the novel was made in 1986. In 1976, he began working in Istanbul as an editor and translator. With his wife Serpil he had a son in 1979 named Mehmet. Atilgan died of a heart attack in 1989 while in the middle of writing a novel titled Canistan, later published in incomplete form. Atilgan is also the author of popular childrens book and a collection of short stories.Fred Stark is the translator of Bilge Karasus A Long Days Evening (City Lights, 2012),which was shortlisted for the 2013 PEN Translation Prize. Review "Orhan Pamuk has written of Atilgans work, I love Yusuf Atilgan; he manages to remain local although he benefits from Faulkners works and the Western traditions. Pamuks statement broadens the appeal of the writer who reminded me more of the Middle Eastern writer [Sadegh Hedayat] than the American. So take your pick for influences once you read Motherland Hotel. In any case, you will be rewarded for your time."--Charles Larson, Counterpunch Promotional Galleys will be provided to all sales reps and staff at CBSD, and sent to booksellers big on lit in translation (i.e. Stephen Sparks, Green Apple) so that we can solicit their comments/support ahead of time.Print campaign:LA Times, NY Times, Harpers, The Nation, London Review of Books, The Believer, Bomb, Bookforum, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune, SF Chronicle, Guardian UK, Toronto Globe & Mail, Miami Herald, Poets & Writers, NY Review of Books, New Yorker, Rain Taxi, Bloomsbury Review, Wall St Journal, Washington Post, World Literature Today, among other publications focused on world literature, contemporary fiction, and Middle East politics.Well send to the trades: PW, Kirkus, Library Journal, and Booklist.Pursue Excerpts and/or Reviews in:Literary translation journals such as: eXchanges Journal of Literary Translation (University of Iowa), TWO LINES, Metamorphoses (Smith College), Circumference (Columbia University), Conjunctions (Bard College), Massachusetts Review, Banipal, and others.Online/social media campaign:Words Without Borders, Conversational Reading, Three Percent (University of Rochester), The Rumpus, World Literature Today, Bookslut, Salonica World Lit, Complete Review, Molussus, Awl, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, WikipediaRadio:PRIs "The World"Endorsements: Pursue Orhan Pamuk, Susan Daitch, Maureen Freely, Martin Riker, Anthony Marra, Adam Kirsch, Megan OGrady, Alberto Manguel, Rachel Cusk, David Lynch, Esmahan Aykol Long Description "My heroes are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Oguz Atay, and Yusuf Atilgan. I have become a novelist by following their footsteps . . . I love Yusuf Atilgan; he manages to remain local although he benefits from Faulkners works and the Western traditions."--Orhan Pamuk " Motherland Hotel is a startling masterpiece, a perfect existential nightmare, the portrait of a soul lost on the threshold of an ever-postponed Eden."--Alberto Manguel "This moving and unsettling portrait of obsession run amok might have been written in 1970s Turkey, when social mores after Ataturk were still evolving, but it stays as relevant as the country struggles to save the very democratic ideals on which the Republic was rebirthed. . . . brilliant writing . . . "--Poornima Apte, Booklist , Starred Review "Turkish writer Atilgans classic 1973 novel about alienation, obsession, and precipitous decline, nimbly translated by Stark. . . . An unsettling study of a mind, steeped in violence, dropping off the edge of reason."-- Kirkus Reviews "A maladroit loner who runs the seen-better-days Motherland Hotel in a backwater Turkish town, Zeberjet has become obsessed with a female guest who stayed there briefly and frantically anticipates her presumed return. . . . as Zeberjet becomes increasingly unhinged, were drawn into his dark interior life while coming to understand Turkeys post- Review Quote "Orhan Pamuk has written of Atilgans work, I love Yusuf Atilgan; he manages to remain local although he benefits from Faulkners works and the Western traditions. Pamuks statement broadens the appeal of the writer who reminded me more of the Middle Eastern writer [Sadegh Hedayat] than the American. So take your pick for influences once you read Motherland Hotel. In any case, you will be rewarded for your time."--Charles Larson, Counterpunch Competing Titles A Long Days Evening Bilge Karasu 9780872865914 $13.95 City Lights Oct 2012 1500 Penguins Song Hassan Daoud 9780872866232 $15.95 City Lights Dec 2014 2000 I am Istanbul Buket Uzuner 9781564788917 $17.00 Dalkey Archive Apr 2013 Description for Sales People Probably no other Turkish author has won so much renown with so few published novels as did Yusuf Atilgan. His literary legacy includes only three novels, one of which was unfinished and published posthumously. Yet his name stands out in the Turkish canon as a pioneer of the modern Turkish novel. This will be Atilgans first and only work made available in English translation. Orhan Pamuk, Turkeys most well known author in translation, has stated that Yusuf Atilgan is one of his literary heroes. Motherland Hotel is considered a modern classic, and the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO has chosen it as one of three novels recommended for translation. Motherland Hotel was adapted to the cinema by a prominent Turkish director in 1987, and the laudatory reception of the film has heightened the discussions regarding the novels political, cultural and psychological implications for Turkey and Turkish literature. Following up on our successful efforts to introduce the work of Bilge Karasu, another of Turkeys most important modernists, the publication in translation of Yusuf Atilgans work is a continuation of our attempt to help establish a fuller aesthetic context in which contemporary Turkish authors can be better recognized and understood. Details ISBN0872867110 Author Fred Stark Short Title MOTHERLAND HOTEL Pages 152 Publisher City Lights Books Language English ISBN-10 0872867110 ISBN-13 9780872867116 Media Book Format Paperback Residence US Birth 1936 Imprint City Lights Books Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Monroe, OR UK Release Date 2017-01-12 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-01-12 NZ Release Date 2017-01-12 US Release Date 2017-01-12 Translator Fred Stark DEWEY FIC Audience General AU Release Date 2017-01-01 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137600040;

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