As a child, Mevlut always felt like he was missing out. When he moves to Istanbul the centre of the world he is immediately enthralled. He wanders through its alleys for forty years, working as a street vendor and gain...Подробнее
As a child, Mevlut always felt like he was missing out. When he moves to Istanbul the centre of the world he is immediately enthralled. He wanders through its alleys for forty years, working as a street vendor and gaining a unique perspective of a radically changing city. Mevlut watches his friends and relatives settle down and make their fortunes, while he stumbles toward middle age in a series of jobs leading nowhere. He never manages to shake the strangeness in his mind, until at last fortune conspires to let him understand what it is he yearns for . . .
