Tarihi Hoşça Kal Lokantası

Losing is our job.

After we broke up, I buried you in my heart like lovers of the past, Muazzez.

It is no different from the land you lie under now.

We cannot build a new love; just as we are about to start, it comes across the place where you lie, the dozers do not work, the excavators break, those who come get scared and run away.

I left your slippers by the door in case you come, they have been waiting for your feet for two years. The mirror is waiting for your face, the glass for your lip, my hands for your hair, the window for your eyes.

But let me give you credit; you are a very esteemed person Muazzez. If I were to have your sign made and hang it on my chest, saying, “Here lies a venerable person,” they would tie rags to my waiting arms, and throw wish stones into my tears...

We have assigned you the land called heart; let the jinn come in and play ball; let the memories run wild. I understand, this world is narrow for me without you...

Characters that remind me of those in Yeşilçam movies, that touch our hearts... The forgotten in a corner, the ones kneaded with loneliness, the broken hearts, the ones who live quietly somewhere, the ones we do not see, the ones we ignore... The stories of people who say “losing is our job” from Şermin Yaşar, the author of My Grandfather's Grocery Store, Homemade Magic Wand, Actor Mother, The Child Who Dreams a Lot... Let's read them in one breath, with deep sighs, so that we can raise our heads and look at them...

(From the Promotion Bulletin)

Dough Type : 2. Hamur

First Printing Year : 2017

Number of Prints : 1st Edition

Number of Pages : 176

Dimensions : 13.5 x 19.5

Media Type : Paperback