The Wind Gatherers
Novel · 2021 · 14th printing
Stories20199th printing
The Eclipse Notebook
Twelve stories, one night, one small town. Everyone is looking at the sky; no one is looking at anyone else.
About the book
On the night of a lunar eclipse, twelve lives pass side by side in a small coastal town without touching: the pharmacist on night duty, a fisherman out of season, a couple spending their first night in a hotel, the only tea house open until morning.
The collection that won the Sait Faik Story Award is remembered less for its brevity than for the places where it says nothing.
From the book
“Looking at the sky together is not being together; it is only being silent in the same direction.”
“In a small town everyone knows everyone; nobody knows anybody.”
In the press
“A language that makes the voices at the margin audible without ever raising them.”
— Sait Faik Story Award, jury citation, 2019
Book club questions
Use and copy them freely. Club guide →
- 1.What holds the twelve stories together — plot or atmosphere?
- 2.Whose silence felt most familiar to you?
- 3.When the eclipse ended, what had changed for anyone?
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Signed and dedicated copies
- Signed copies are shipped by Liman Kitap (Sinop) and Kıyı Bookshop (Izmir).
- For a dedication, add the name to the order note; dedicated copies are prepared once a month.
- Books mailed in to be signed cannot be accepted; at signings there is no limit.
