Waiting for the Fear

Synopsis

Short stories about people on the margins, from story peddlers to beggars, by one of turkey's most innovative fiction writers, now in a new english translation. A giant of modern turkish literature, oğuz atay remains largely untranslated into english. First published in 1975, waiting for the fear is atay's only collection of short stories, praised by the nobel prize winner orhan pamuk for having transformed the art of short fiction. Atay's stories are vivid with life's absurdities and psychologically true to life, while his characters, oddballs and losers all, are utterly individual.