![]() Some accused the author of ignoring social aspects and focusing solely on the alienation of the individual in society. When it was first published in 1957, the critics were divided. ![]() to walk around bustling Istanbul so tirelessly, to zigzag the city on trams and visit one café after another, while never arriving anywhere.Ītilgan's novel "The Loiterer" is a classic of Turkish literature. ![]() Yet the reader soon starts to wonder what drives C. is also an intellectual, a book-lover and passionate cinema and theatre-goer, and a critical observer of his surroundings, who accuses others of living "ant-like" obedient lives. He paces the city without pause, buying paintings at artists' studios and meeting Ayse, a young painter with whom he starts a giddy relationship. He calls himself a "loiterer", but his days are far from relaxed and lazy. is a nervous, argumentative, at times loutish young man, an archetypical young lad. ![]() From 1976, he translated and edited for various Turkish publishers. Born in Manisa, West Anatolia, in 1921, Atilgan worked as a Turkish teacher for many years. ![]()
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