Fugitive of Gezi Park

Deniz Goran's first novel The Turkish Diplomat's Daughter became a bestseller when it was published in Turkey in 2007. The novel was also published in the UK, Italy, Germany, Greece and Taiwan. Deniz Goran is the pseudonym of Selin Tamtekin, a Turkish-British novelist and art writer based in London. The Fugitive of Gezi Park is her second novel.

A gripping, sometimes comic and more often tragic portrayal of two complex, flawed characters and cities. Without ever mentioning Erdogan's name, it offers a finely grained study of how Turkey's descent into dictatorship has torn through human lives. The TLSBeautifully captures the endless possibilities that the city offers its inhabitants - chance meetings, unlikely romances and an opportunity to rebirth yourself, over and over. Nb. MagazineA sensitive account of how our lives are shaped, on both individual and societal levels, by accident as much as willpower, and by how we deal with the consequent moments of trauma: fight, flight or, most often, neither. ArtReviewA bitingly funny satire of the shallow art world, and a reflection on exile, trauma, displacement, desire - and the direction of Erdogan's Turkey. Saga MagazineSet in the dreamscape of the contemporary art world and combining crisp, affectionate class satire with a cinematic storyline and exquisitely observed characters, The Fugitive of Gezi Park is an intense meditation on love, fealty, trauma, exile, politics, and art. An elegant and incisive novel from an incandescent talent. May-Lan Tan, author of Things to Make and BreakA young woman, bearing the aching wound of her country, realises the deep connection between the freedom she seeks for her homeland and that of her own body and soul. Through powerful language Deniz Goran brings together two cities, and two people oscillating on the pendulum between hope and despair, preparing them for a new life. Burhan Soenmez, award winning author and President of PEN InternationalFabulous. Mariella Frostrup