{"product_id":"the-applicant-9781472158109","title":"The Applicant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eElif Batuman's novel The Applicant is a 2017 novel that follows Leyla, a left-wing Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin, who is on the verge of losing her student visa and being forced to return to Istanbul. She meets a right-wing Swedish tourist and begins to fall in love, but must decide whether to live a cookie-cutter life or return to Turkey. The novel explores the bounds of state violence, self-destruction, social dissociation, and intense familial love. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 03 August 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElif Batuman is a significant and innovative new literary voice. In 2017, Leyla, a left-wing Turkish twenty-something residing in Berlin, is working at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel to make ends meet while she waits for a decision on her visa status. She is on the verge of losing her student visa and being forced to return to Istanbul, a city she thought she had left behind for good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs her temporary visa expires, Leyla meets a right-wing Swedish tourist at a bar and, against her political convictions and better judgment, begins to fall in love. Will she choose to live a cookie-cutter life as the wife of a Volvo salesman, or will she return to Turkey to her mother and sister, codependent and enmeshed, the ghost of her father still haunting their lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKoca is written in wry, propulsive diary form and with probing self-reflection, exploring one's place in a deeply uncertain world. It examines the boundaries of state violence and self-destruction, social dissociation, and intense familial love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Applicant is a stunning dissection of a liminal life lived between borders and identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 368g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 146 x 224 x 26 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781472158109\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nazli Koca","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44429461225722,"sku":"9781472158109","price":13.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1691161812570_book.jpg?v=1691268214","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-applicant-9781472158109","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}