“Who would willingly remain imprisoned in reality? asks the narrator in this novel. Few works have been able to convey the tension between the individual who strives to go beyond the present with the dream of living in the future and the society they find themselves in, with such masterful and perpetually vibrant language as Mister Fahim. This novel not only portrays twentieth-century people and Istanbul, but also offers us a window through which to view our present times.”
—Burhan Sönmez, ...