When the book begins, Irdal tells us he’s going to write his memoirs.
Third, and best of all, the narrator, Hayri Irdal, has an understated and sophisticated tone that keeps us grounded, even as he undercuts almost everything he says, as he tells us his one ridiculous account of his troubles after another. Second, zooming back in, this edition from Penguin Classics (more on it below) contains a number of helpful extras: an introduction by Pankaj Mishra that explains the history and puts Tanpinar in context, a note on the translation that further explains what Tanpinar is doing with language, a chronology of Turkish history, and a half dozen pages of notes. First, if we zoom out, what Tanpinar is satirizing is that common subject of satire: bureaucracy. There are a few of reasons that I think this book is so accessible, even to those who are unfamiliar with all that Tanpinar is criticizing. Review copy courtesy of Penguin Classics.
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