ReviewsIn vivid glimpses, Cell #77 reflects our time of ordinary people fleeing oppression, risking death to cross water and other borders to seek safety. Demir's lyrical fiction is led by a poetic eye, rooted in his Sufi training, keeping a vision that is wise and kind even in anger and grief., "In vivid glimpses, Cell #77 reflects our time of ordinary people fleeing oppression, risking death to cross water and other borders to seek safety. Demir's lyrical fiction is led by a poetic eye, rooted in his Sufi training, keeping a vision that is wise and kind even in anger and grief."--Gillian Parrish, Author
SynopsisSharing the same prison cell crammed with teachers, doctors, and mothers with babies, a Kurdish female journalist conveys the story of persecution under an authoritarian regime in present-day Turkey. It is not only Kurds, the Orphan Nation of Mesopotamia, she finds out, but all who think differently than the government are made to pay a high price ......, Sharing the same prison cell crammed with teachers, doctors, and mothers with babies, a Kurdish female journalist conveys the story of persecution under an authoritarian regime in present-day Turkey. It is not only Kurds, the Orphan Nation of Mesopotamia, she finds out, but all who think differently than the government are made to pay a high price with their lives either behind bars or at risk among the waves of the Mediterranean.