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Erzurum: The Pale Face of a City is a book that looks at the times of a city.
Following the traces of the sense of belonging and the meaning of a place, the author writes, "My childhood paradise". We find traces of his look back at his own language homeland and city, which he called years later, in every line.
While taking the reader through the doors of the feeling of writing about the city, living in the city, getting away from the city, and learning the language of other cities; He also shows us the archaic stance of his own Erzurum, the source of his creativity, the meaning of the paleness of its visible face, and the sources of thought that establishes the image of the city with depth.
Erzurum: The Pale Face of a City is a city book open to different readings.
You too will go on different journeys to your own city, maybe even to your own Erzurum, with what is seen/reflected there.
The author, who aims to show the open sides/faces of a "closed city", clings to the language of his view of his city and reflects on it. We would like to say that you can also go on journeys.
Feridun Anda's Erzurum Book, which takes the linguistic wanderings of his literary essays to a different shore, this time by establishing the language of his city, in a way, brings the reflections of your city journeys to the mirror of your perspective. The author reminds us that starting from there, you can look at your belonging, your identity, what the feeling of belonging somewhere means, and question many things.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)
