Losers' Tale
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Losers’ Tale, the first of the Istanbul Quartet
series, is widely considered to be novelist Hikmet Temel Akarsu
’s magnum opus. It met with great critical acclaim in 1998, the year it was published. It lived up to be one of the most important books of the counterculture in the following years. Today, it is a cult handiwork describing the economical depression of the 1990s and the grunge movement.
In this novel, Akarsu has depicted a very extraordinary, conspicuous and even startling picture of Istanbul’s less known spots and domains. This first book of the “Istanbul Quartet” series, written in a style the author nicknamed as “Rock ’n’ Roman” (Turkish for “Rock ’n’ Novel"), focuses mainly on Kadikoy
and its surrounding district. It talks about people who frequent underground locations, meet at a bar called “Decadence,” and while suffering from an inevitable dejection, choose to be rebels along the lines of the “Losers’ Club” which they identify themselves with.
Istanbul Quartet
Istanbul Quartet is considered to be novelist and satirist Hikmet Temel Akarsu’s magnum opus. Losers' Tale, The Englishman, Little Devil and Media are the four volumes that make up this series. The other name the author came up with for the quartet is Rock ’N’ Roman...
series, is widely considered to be novelist Hikmet Temel Akarsu
Hikmet Temel Akarsu
Hikmet Temel Akarsu is a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, satirist and playwright. He was born in Gümüşhane, Turkey in 1960, and moved to Istanbul with his family at the age of nine....
’s magnum opus. It met with great critical acclaim in 1998, the year it was published. It lived up to be one of the most important books of the counterculture in the following years. Today, it is a cult handiwork describing the economical depression of the 1990s and the grunge movement.
In this novel, Akarsu has depicted a very extraordinary, conspicuous and even startling picture of Istanbul’s less known spots and domains. This first book of the “Istanbul Quartet” series, written in a style the author nicknamed as “Rock ’n’ Roman” (Turkish for “Rock ’n’ Novel"), focuses mainly on Kadikoy
Kadiköy
Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...
and its surrounding district. It talks about people who frequent underground locations, meet at a bar called “Decadence,” and while suffering from an inevitable dejection, choose to be rebels along the lines of the “Losers’ Club” which they identify themselves with.