The City in Crimson Cloak
Erdogan, Asli / Spangler, Amy
Özgür is poor, hungry, and on the verge of a mental breakdown, with only one weapon against Rio: to write the city that has robbed her of everything. Reading the bits and pieces of Özgür's unfinished eponymous novel, with its autobiographical protagonist named Ö, Özgür's story begin to emerge. Meanwhile, the narrator details a single day of Özgür's life, which is in fact her last. As Özgür follows Ö through the shanty towns and the violence an...