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I Will Never See the World Again

The Memoir of an Imprisoned Writer

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I Will Never See the World Again

By: Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Congar - translator
Narrated by: Adam Alexi-Malle, Philippe Sands, Elizabeth Knowelden
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A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.

The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did.

Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own.

Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places.
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I had started the books turkish version 2years ago but it hurt me so much at the beginning cause we had been through rough times..i was not ready yet..than when i came across with the eng.version here,couldnt help listenning..Sometimes I listened with tears..thankyou Ahmet Altan

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I love it ... again this author is the best :) #freedom for journalists in Turkey

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I could not wait for this book to end and when it did the only thing I felt was relief

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