Forgotten Stories (Book)

Forgotten Stories is a collection of stories by Mukadder Gemici, published in June 2024 by Dergâh Yayınları as part of its Turkish Literature series. The book is 120 pages long.

Subject

The stories in the book begin with a lodos storm and proceed through a series of dramatic moments, from a young girl’s disillusionment upon encountering a rhinoceros drawn on the dusty shelves of a secondhand bookshop to a couple trapped in traffic at the end of the world who experience a loss of humanity. The book presents one after another the mysterious scenes and dramatic fragments that emerge from everyday life.

Themes

• Natural Disaster and Impression: The metaphorical tones of the lodos storm evoke the inner worlds of the characters.
• Disillusionment and Fairytale Reality: The story centered on the rhinoceros draws attention to disillusionment through a child’s perspective.
• Fear of the End Times: Themes related to the end of the world are interwoven with the uncertainties of modern life.
• Facelessness and Identity Crisis: Through people who lose their faces in traffic, the book interrogates identity and anonymity.

Narrative and Style

Mukadder Gemici constructs her narrative through metaphorical imagery in her short stories. By employing descriptive language, she enhances the distinct atmosphere of the text.