My (all time) favourites are:
1) Oğuz Atay / Tutunamayanlar
Tutunamayanlar (in Eng. The Good for Nothing) is the first novel of Oguz Atay, one of the most prominent Turkish authors. It was written in 1970-71 and published in 1972. Although it was never reprinted in his lifetime and was controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edition came out in 1984. It has been described as “probably the most eminent novel of twentieth-century Turkish literature”[1]. This reference is due to a UNESCO survey, which goes on: “it poses an earnest challenge to even the most skilled translator with its kaleidoscope of colloquialisms and sheer size.” No translation has yet appeared in any language. It teases the well-established norms of the Turkish bourgeois world by a style which only "the disconnected" could empathize with. (From wikipedia)
2) Orhan Pamuk / Benim Adım Kırmızı
My Name Is Red (Benim Adım Kırmızı is a Turkish novel by Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk. The English translation won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003,[1]. The French version won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and the Italian version the Premio Grinzane Cavour in 2002. The novel and its English translation established Pamuk´s international reputation and contributed to his winning of the Nobel prize. In recognition of its exceptional status in Pamuk´s oeuvre, the novel will be re-published in Erdag Goknar´s translation as part of the Everyman´s Library Contemporary Classics series in 2010. This is recognition of the novel´s status in the international canon of literature along with the novels of authors like Joyce, Kafka, Mann, Nabokov, and Rushdie whose influences can be seen in Pamuk´s work. BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio play version of the novel in 2008. (From wikipedia)
3) Metin Kaçan / Ağır Roman ( It is impossible to translate it just watch the movie) (There is a movie by the same name adapted from it. I think it is the most succesful movie of turkish cinema.)(if we can count Gegen Die Wand, it is second then) (There are huge differences between book and movie.)
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