Kağıt Gemiler

I am placing a basil leaf between two pages. This is the first letter of the tale. Because I will build a giant forest under it. The first line you read will take you to a misty path where the morning sun hits. You will walk gently among the rose bushes and oleanders that entwine the trees. The mist rising from the soil will whisper, "Greetings to the plane trees!" Then you will stop and look at the trees surrounding you once more. Once more and with new eyes. You will be amazed at how they spring from the soil with such clear happiness. This will be your first sight of the miracle called a tree. You will inhale the scent of wet soil. The sun in the dewdrops will dazzle your eyes.

When you see the deer and the tiger watered by the same river, the sun and the moon walking arm in arm in the sky, you will understand that mercy is the currency here and love is the language.

Ayşegül Çelik's stories, which were deemed worthy of the 2010 Yunus Nadi Story Award, open up to a fairy-tale world. The author subtly draws the reader, who thinks they have stepped into a fairy tale with stories that flow from dreams to reality, into today's violent world. Paper Ships, which travels from thousands of years of Anatolian legends to the present day and familiar stories, competently represents the language and structure of the modern story. It’s all in the tale, the tale is in all of them... A world you won’t want to leave the moment you enter the door created by Ayşegül Çelik...


Thin Cover:

Number of Pages: 96

Year of Publication: 2015


e-Book:

Number of Pages: 74

Year of Publication: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publishing House: Can Yayınları

Number of Pages: 96

Year of First Publication: 2012

Language: Turkish