a ISBN 978-605-938976-1

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number PL243.G868

b Item number E8713 2018

a Personal name Güntan, Ahmet,

d Dates associated with a name 1955-

a Title The tribe of the Esraris /

h Medium BOOK

c Statement of responsibility, etc Ahmet Güntan ; translated from the Turkish by Ali Alper Çakır.

a Title proper/short title The tribe of the Esraris (2000/2001) /

a Place of publication, distribution, etc İstanbul :

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2018.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları,

a Extent 108 p. ;

c Dimensions 20 cm.

a Series statement Koç University Press ;

v Volume number/sequential designation 138.

a Series statement Essay/Turkish Literature.

a Summary, etc The Tribe of the Esraris. is an acclaimed Turkish poet’s heartfelt commentary on our times, an inquiring companion to the new millennium. In a series of fragmentary prose pieces on a wide range of topics, Ahmet Guntan offers new ways to break the proverbial “silence” of the poet and tackle the world head-on. He takes the floor as one of the Esraris, the eponymous tribe of uneasy souls, and builds the framework of a poetics of deeper engagement with the world around us. Reading in part like a philosophical diary, The Tribe of the Esraris. is a wake-up call to be heard, a poetic testimony written with olive trees, income inequality, and E.M. Cioran in mind.

a Summary, etc “I find Guntan’s writing intriguing and poetic, suggestive almost like haiku, far-ranging from international politics to observations of some corner of Istanbul. His culture is immense (from Proust to the hadith) and his thoughts uncannily original. This is the spirituality of the 21st century.” -Edmund White

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Turkish essays.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Turkish literature.

a Personal name Ayvaz, Emre,