Description
A man is drawn into a foreign conference as a “showpiece” delegate after a supremely cynical act of political blackmail—only to discover that every step of his journey is choreographed by forces that refuse to explain themselves. As he moves through bureaucratic corridors and shifting loyalties, the novel unfolds as a Kafkaesque, post-modern dystopian allegory of how totalitarian power manufactures consent, identity, and truth. Nominally set in Turkey yet unmistakably universal, the story turns on themes of coercion, surveillance, moral compromise, and the eerie logic of systems that treat human lives as interchangeable parts. With Bilge Karasu’s spare, unsettling style and fable-like precision, the book becomes a haunting meditation on what it means to be trapped inside a state that speaks in riddles—and demands performance as survival.
Available Editions
hardcover
Louisiana State University Press
Published Jan 1, 1994
152 pages
ISBN: 9780807118498
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Details
First Published
1994
Language
tur
Translation
From: tur
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Night by Bilge Karasu.