Ojen, Ebru
Lojman
- ISBN 13:
- 9780872868984
- author:
- Ojen, Ebru
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- City Lights Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 13.2 x 2 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Abandoned by her husband and marooned by an epic snowstorm, a mother gives birth to her third child in this unflinching portrait of a woman's powerlessness.
The story takes place in a small village on the foot of Turkey's Van province's snow-capped mountains, where every aspect of life is dictated by the government. When Selma's husband walks out, he leaves behind a storm of resentment and a mother reluctant to parent her children. The novel spins a domestic drama crystallized through the family's mental and physical claustrophobia.
Written in raw prose, Lojman is reminiscent of Elena Ferrante's masterful Days of Abandonment, but its private dramas are made all the more vivid against an imposing natural landscape that exerts a powerful force. The result is a surreal, gelatinous prison from which there is no escape.