Border
Kerem Işık

Short Stories
YKY, 2024
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136 pages, Full English translation available
“While writing the stories in Border, I wanted to go beyond this invisible border between adulthood and childhood. In other words, I wanted us to be able to look at our reality, from which we live and from which there is no escape, through fantastic fiction with fearful amazement and admiration, just as we could do when we were children.”
He seamlessly blends the fantastical tales from his childhood with the realities of his adult life, striving to dissolve the boundaries between these two intellectual realms. In doing so, he explores themes such as the conflict between religion and rationality, the father-son dynamic, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as issues of alienation and war—topics deeply pertinent to our contemporary society.
Fantastic elements are one of the most important and indispensable building blocks of the fictional universe he creates. So much so that, reality is such that or twisted in one way or another, and the elements we can characterise as fantastic are not necessarily a part of the text. However, in doing so, he also endeavours to observe a thematic unity. Readers can see that both chapters deal with the issues and dilemmas experienced by the individual and society.
Border is not just a collection of stories; it's an invitation to explore the liminal spaces between reality and fantasy, childhood and adulthood, the physical and the metaphysical. Kerem Işık's unique voice and imaginative storytelling make this book a valuable addition to world literature.
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