The Last Tram [Paperback]

In these stories, art, history, architecture, and contemporary politics feed into the swirling palette of colors with which the migrant experience is painted. Through dreams, memories, and an unforgettable host of characters—the lonely Mustafa who cares only for the fate of his beloved poplar tree back home on the Anatolian plain, the tragic Madame Suslova who recalls memories of a lover who squandered her money on the roulette tables of Istanbul, and the members of the Coci family who make their desperate way through the Fréjus Tunnel—readers experience the constant state of longing and displacement associated with immigration and exile.   

One of the few contemporary Turkish writers who have brought something new to our literature.   —Yashar Kemal, Turkish author

Full of insights and surprises.   —Guardian

Nedim Gürselis the author ofThe Conqueror,The Daughters of Allah, andA Long Summer in Istanbuland the recipient of the Freedom of Expression and Publishing Award, the Ipeçki Prize, and the Prize of the Academy of Turkish Linguistics and Literature.Ruth Whitehouseis a translator and musician.Many books about exile or migration only focus on a singular person or a set group of people living within a particular space, for example, London. Gursel’s collection, however, although in part a memoir of his experiences, is a book that transcends different time periods and geographical spaces to bring together stories about people all across the globe who live their lives in a constant state of longing and displacement.