Geoffrey Homes takma adını kullanan eski gazeteci Daniel Mainwaring’in 1946 tarihli eseri Build My Gallows High (Darağacımı Yükseğe Kur), Amerikan kara edebiyatının (hard-boiled) ve sinema tarihinin en saf, en tavizsiz kaderci anıtlarından biridir. Roman, geçmişindeki karanlık dedektiflik günlerini geride bırakıp taşrada küçük bir benzin istasyonu işleterek steril bir hayat kurmaya çalışan Red Bailey’nin, kaçamadığı o uğursuz geçmişi tarafından kıskıvrak yakalanışını konu alır.
Mainwaring, bizzat kendisinin senaryolaştırdığı ve Jacques Tourneur’ün yönettiği 1947 yapımı Out of the Past (Geçmişin Gölgesinde) adlı sinema şaheserine de kaynaklık etmiştir. Romandaki femme fatale figürü Marni (sinemada Jane Greer'ın canlandırdığı Kathie Moffat), türün en tehlikeli, nevi şahsına münhasır kadın portrelerinden biridir; o, kötülüğü bir lüks gibi taşıyan ve erkeği kendi darağacını bizzat yüksek kurmaya (build my gallows high) ikna eden tekersiz bir yıkım makinesidir. Robert Mitchum’ın beyaz perdede o kendine has kayıtsız, dumanlı gözleriyle hayat verdiği ana karakterin romandaki prototipi, Amerikan rüyasının o steril taşra yüzeyinin altındaki çürümeyi ve kaderin kaçınılmaz trajik geometrisini dimağda mühürlenmiş bir zaman fragmanı olarak bırakan vakur bir janr klasiğidir.
Really really boring book. I just could not get past the beginning. Another book thats kind of didnt meet my expectations from george orwell. Maybe it gets better but i just cant get through it
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This was the first book I read by Ayfer Tunç, and I really liked her writing style. Her language is simple, clear, and fluent, which makes the book easy to read. From the beginning, the reader can understand how the story may develop and possibly end.
The book focuses on the life of Aziz Bey and his emotional struggles. It explains how his past, traumas, and losses affect his personality and life. Aziz Bey is a stubborn man who avoids many things. He does not know how to truly live, and he is afraid of love. He also has difficulty showing his feelings. His relationship with his family is quite sad and touching.
However, I have to be honest. Towards the end of the book, I felt a little bored because the story became too heavy and emotional. Still, overall, I think it is a good and meaningful book.
Honestly, I don’t even know where to start. I never expected this book to completely draw me in like this. It actually surprised me multiple times. Just when I thought I had figured everything out and knew what was going on, I realized the author had tricked me again. There were so many unexpected events. From the very beginning, it feels like we were reading a lie. Wow… Especially the way the story shifts between the present and the past… I’m once again grateful that I know English. The reason I picked up the book was because it was the audiobook Taylor listened to in the Eras Tour documentary. I wish I could have listened to it as an audiobook too, but still—it was truly a great experience. It was very engaging to read, constantly making me wonder what would happen next, where everything was heading… And I also loved how everything was tied together in the end.
Especially the final sentence was beautiful.
Açıkçası nereden başlasam bilemiyorum. Bu kitabın beni böyle alıp sarmasını hiç beklemiyordum. Hatta kitap resmen beni birden fazla kez şaşırttı. Tam her şeyi öğrendim, ne olduğunu biliyorum dediğim an bile aslında yazar tarafından şaşırtıldığımı anladım. Hiç beklemediğim olaylar oldu. Hikâyenin başından beri resmen bir yalanı okuyormuşuz. Vay canına... Özellikle günümüz ve geçmişe gitmemiz.... Bir kez daha İngilizce biliyor olmama şükrediyorum... Kitabı okuma sebebim Taylor'ın Eras Tour belgeselinde dinlediği sesli kitap olması. Bende sesli bir şekilde dinlemek isterdim ama olsun. Cidden güzel bir tecrübeydi. Okuması baya güzeldi ve sürekli sonra ne oldu, ne olacak, nereye varacaklar... Her şeyin bir sonuca bağlanması da güzeldi ayrıca...
Özellikle son cümle çok güzeldi.
"When she looks back to the island she sees only the pines, drawn closed like a curtain
As the fourth installment in Kawaguchi’s renowned series, Before We Say Goodbye offers a familiar yet profoundly moving structure. For those who have journeyed through the previous books, the narrative pattern remains consistent: a small, subterranean cafe in Tokyo, a set of unyielding rules, and a steaming cup of coffee that acts as a bridge between the present and the past.
There is an undeniable aesthetic harmony in reading this book during rainy weather. The sound of the rain outside mirrors the quiet, introspective atmosphere of the Funiculi Funicula cafe. To truly appreciate this story, one needs nothing more than a quiet corner, a warm cup of coffee, and the luxury of time.
At its core, the series continues to pose the same existential question: "If you could go back in time, knowing you cannot change the present, who would you choose to meet?" While some might see the repetition as a flaw, I see it as a meditative ritual.
Ultimately, I would define this work as a poignant chronicle of grief. It explores the weight of things left unsaid and the quiet strength required to finally let go. It reminds us that while we cannot rewrite our history, we can always choose to change how we carry our memories into the future.
Haqqında uzun-uzun yazmağa ehtiyac yoxdur, sadəcə oxumaq, oxumaq, oxumaq və zövq almaq lazımdır, tək kəlimə ilə möhtəşəmdir.
"My apologies to time for all the world I overlook each
second.
My apologies to past loves for thinking that the latest is
the first.
Forgive me, distant wars, for bringing flowers home.
Forgive me, open wounds, for pricking my finger.."
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