The importance of this novel . . . lies in its horrific portrayals of refugees fleeing desperate situations. . . . [A] complex, Dostoyevsky-like inquiry into man's capacity for evil. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Ambitious, compelling . . . The visceral punch and drive of its prose in many bravura passages . . . evokes Irvine Welsh or William Burroughs more than Oliver Twist. -Economist
Imagine a nine-year-old child assisting his father with the family business the ruthless smuggling of humans. Imagine this child's apprenticeship in profit and survival and unspeakable cruelties that numb him to what it means to be human. Imagine this child's graduation from bystander to killer. Hakan Gunday will take you there in his unflinching and momentous novel More. Ursula Hegi, New York Times bestselling author of Stones from the River
This urgent novel by one of Turkey's most acclaimed contemporary writers demands to be read not just because of its subject matter, the current migrant crisis and human trafficking, but because of its timeless exploration of violence, fidelity to family, and the extremes to which any of us will go to craft a new life from the wreckage of an old one. This translation of Hakan Gunday's work is a gift. Elliot Ackerman, author of Green on Blue
An unflinching, compelling novel that sweeps away abstractions like refugee crisis and plunges us head first into the agony of a world where human lives bleed against lines drawn on a map. Siddhartha Deb, author of The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India
Gunday has created a moral maze of a novel, making us think deeply about one of the most pressing and tragic crises of our modern world. National (Abu Dhabi)
Move over Orhan Pamuk. There's an exciting new Turkish novelist in town. [A] dark and unrelenting voyage into a modern Celine-an hell, [More] takes on one of the most significant issues facing the world today. . . . This is a disturbing, politically charged portrait of the refugee crisis. A Tin Drum for a new generation. Kirkus Reviews
Hakan Gunday is one of the rising stars of the Turkish literary scene. Time Out Istanbul
Hakan Gunday captures contemporary Turkey in all its complexities. Livres Hebdo
More is masterful, and epic. Alternatives Internationales
A dark journey through the psyche of a child who becomes a torturer. The book packs a punch. Pelerin
The importance of this novel . . . lies in its horrific portrayals of refugees fleeing desperate situations. . . . [A] complex, Dostoyevsky-like inquiry into man's capacity for evil. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Ambitious, compelling . . . The visceral punch and drive of its prose in many bravura passages . . . evokes Irvine Welsh or William Burroughs more than Oliver Twist. -Economist
Imagine a nine-year-old child assisting his father with the family business the ruthless smuggling of humans. Imagine this child's apprenticeship in profit and survival and unspeakable cruelties that numb him to what it means to be human. Imagine this child's graduation from bystander to killer. Hakan Gunday will take you there in his unflinching and momentous novel More. Ursula Hegi, New York Times bestselling author of Stones from the River
This urgent novel by one of Turkey's most acclaimed contemporary writers demands to be read not just because of its subject matter, the current migrant crisis and human trafficking, but because of its timeless exploration of violence, fidelity to family, and the extremes to which any of us will go to craft a new life from the wreckage of an old one. This translation of Hakan Gunday's work is a gift. Elliot Ackerman, author of Green on Blue
An unflinching, compelling novel that sweeps away abstractions like refugee crisis and plunges us head first into the agony of a world where human lives bleed against lines drawn on a map. Siddhartha Deb, author of The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India
Gunday has created a moral maze of a novel, making us think deeply about one of the most pressing and tragic crises of our modern world. National (Abu Dhabi)
Move over Orhan Pamuk. There's an exciting new Turkish novelist in town. [A] dark and unrelenting voyage into a modern Celine-an hell, [More] takes on one of the most significant issues facing the world today. . . . This is a disturbing, politically charged portrait of the refugee crisis. A Tin Drum for a new generation. Kirkus Reviews
Hakan Gunday is one of the rising stars of the Turkish literary scene. Time Out Istanbul
Hakan Gunday captures contemporary Turkey in all its complexities. Livres Hebdo
More is masterful, and epic. Alternatives Internationales
A dark journey through the psyche of a child who becomes a torturer. The book packs a punch. Pelerin
