I expected more of this book, given the high praise online. It fell flat for me, but I'd still rate it around 3.5-4/5.
My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]...
I know this more through the Hepburn/O'Toole movie, which you should watch rather than read, but still I'll read my copy after I watch the movie ev...
It reads like a very long, very one-sided conversation with somebody you come to understand is insane but only after the point where you want to kn...
I read some short stories by Ali last year after I saw him recommended on Reddit as being better Turkish author than Pamuk. Many of the short stories were quite nice (I remember one specifically about gypsies and a windmill) but they mostly fell flat for me as well. I like postmodern trickeries and shenanigans though, which is likely why I enjoyed Pamuk more. Ali seems much more straightforward, at least in the English translations I read.