I will never see the world again : the memoir of an imprisoned writer

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I will never see the world again : the memoir of an imprisoned writer

Title remainder

the memoir of an imprisoned writer

Statement of responsibility

Ahmet Altan ; translated by Yasemin Congar from the Turkish ; foreword by Philippe Sands

Creator

• Altan, Ahmet

Contributor

• Sands, Philippe, 1960-

Subject

• Altan, Ahmet -- Trials, litigation, etc
• Journalism -- Turkey
• Political crimes and offenses -- Turkey
• Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980-

Language

• eng
• tur
• eng

Summary

A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism. The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction