Sedat Anar’s "Hallerin Esiri" ("Prisoner of His Own Thoughts") tells the story of one of the quietest – and most exhausting – journeys a person can take: the journey inward. Throughout the novel, the narrator likens growing up not to moving forward, but to walking along a dark path paved with stones from his own childhood. Life is often a sweet adventure, yet even in its brightest moments, the narrator speaks like someone who still feels the cold soil of a buried grave beneath his feet. Describing his own body as a gravestone planted in his childhood reveals how heavily the past can weigh upon a person. This weight never falls silent; as one grows older, childhood desires, deficiencies and disappointments sink deeper, transforming into darker and more

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