{"title":"Aysegül Savas","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"walking-on-the-ceiling-by-aysegul-savas-9781398562271","title":"Walking on the Ceiling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Savas writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘I fell in love with this book.’ \u003cstrong\u003eKatie Kitamura, author of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe mesmerizing debut novel by the author of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e set in Paris and Istanbul, about a young Turkish woman grappling with her past and her complicated relationship with a famous British writer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. 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Removed from the web of family and its obligations, they ponder what traditions and rituals to establish together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs they dream about the possibilities of each new listing, Asya, a documentary filmmaker, spends her days gathering footage from the neighbourhood park like an anthropologist, observing local customs and anxious to understand how people really live. \"Forget about daily life,\" chides her grandmother on the phone, \"no one cares about that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, life back in Asya and Manu's respective home countries continues: parents age, grandparents get sick, and nieces and nephews grow up, all just slightly beyond their reach. Yet, they hope the world they're building in their new city is growing too. 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