There is some kind of game going on among the Turkish bloggers... They write about a specific thing, like the cities that they have been to/want to go to/want to live in, or 3 recipes that they have tried, or some other stuff and they call 3 (5) other bloggers which are supposed to write about the same thing. I have been called by Alp&Ege'nin annesi to write what stands on the 187th page of the book that I am reading these days.
I usually read many books in parallel (I am so used to doing parallel computing ;-) ). But right now I only have one book (and many magazines) on the table next to my bed: Leyla'nin Evi (Leyla's House), by Zülfü Livaneli. It is about Istanbul, about three people who do not know each other, whose lives would normally not cross. They belong to different worlds. But something causes them to get involved in each other's lives.. Zülfü Livaneli is one of my favorite authors and I loved this novel, too.
On the 187th page (which I was reading last night, by the way) there is a very short paragraph of three sentences. It finishes as: "Cünkü ne de olsa adab-i muaseret kurallarini bilen koklü bir aileden geliyordu." (I do not translate, sorry)
Other than this book the magazine that is always in my hands nowadays is the 2008 catalog of IKEA, and on its 187th page there are furnitures for children.
Now I want to pass the torch to B5, müzi and archi*sugar.
Adab-i muaseret, bana bu yazi hatirlatti, 50-60 yaslarindaki bir hanimin, bizim 4-6 yas grubu 4 cocuga ayak altinda yuzdukleri icin, adab-i maseret kurallarini bilmemekle suclamisti, ben ve kardesim de muaseret miydi, muhaseret miydi diye sonradan kelimenin hangisi dogruyduya takilmistik...Tesekkurler zinciri tamamladigin icin...
ReplyDeleteNe guzel senin blogunda yeni yazilar yazarken gormek:)))Leyla'in Evini ben de okudum;gercekten cok hos bir roman;hatta teyzeme de okuttum;seversin bunu diyerek;ne de olsa Istanbul var icinde;simdi de Buket Uzuner'in Istanbullular'ini okuyor annen canim kuzeninin tavsiyesiyle....Okumadiysan sana da tavsiye ederim;icinde Istanbul olan herseyi seviyorum ben:)gerci Istanbul'a dondum 17 yil aradan sonra ama:):):)
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Tamam, ikisinden birini yazarim ;)
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