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>what'd you think of waiting for fear?
I really liked it and thought about it for days after I finished the last story. The first one, "Man in a white overcoat," surprised me because I thought it was a thoughtful blending of something like Kafka and Gogol, it felt so absurd until I was thinking about it the next day and realized it was an allegory for getting a job. The second one was delightful, "The forgotten," about the woman who finds her ex-husband in the attic, was so true to life despite the surreal/supernatural situation that it actually stopped me in my tracks after I finished it. The title piece felt like diving into a whole world, it became so real and engulfing while still being about a paranoid neet who's probably being pranked. The Letter one and the one about the delusional guy who thinks the girl is infatuated with him were fun and heartfelt despite the tedium. The Wooden Horse was really tedious and tough to get through, I need to go back and reread because I may have had a headache that day. And the last two stories were really touching and pathetic, the last one full of hopelessness and despair that really left me feeling down but in a good way. The whole collection left a mark on me like nothing I had read recently up until then and I am eager to get back to it soon.
>but I enjoyed my name is red
That was actually the one I was thinking of reading first, it reminded me of Calvino or Eco.
I'm interested if you have any other Turkish authors to recommend since I've just recently become interested in reading more from that country.