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Deeper than I expected. Even the repulsive found it's place. Perspectives change, monsters are dealt with.
I began really liking this book and then I started disliking it pretty quickly. I had major issues with the depiction of the younger brother and how he was written off as evil and the older brother wasn't troubled once by what he did to his younger sibling. I felt it was major bottom shaming and mysoginstic (not to mention I couldn't help but notice that the smallest penis in the story belonged to one of the villains). I was hoping for more sophistication from this as it just won the Lambda Lite...
Delightfully Obscene.A delightful Turkish fairy tail as told by an older man to a younger man in prison. Highly erotic with some scenes extremely grotesque. I loved it.
i missed the rapey bits in the blurb, else i wouldn't have picked this one.honestly i have no idea why i shelved it at all.incoherent, and despite its ultimate message i found its form and execution disturbing. i could neither indulge in the erotic monsterporn nor appreciate the heartbreaking allegory, even though i suspect i was meant to do both.gross.
It is an erotic fairy tale for adults, narrate in a Turkish prison by a lifer to a man with a seven year term. It starts slowly, but speeds up a quarter of the way through. While I enjoyed aspects of the book, unless one is fond of the nature of childhood fairy tales turned sexual, it could be a disappointment. The is a glossary of Turkish Muslim terms at the end that might help some.
Most of this novella is written in a Middle-east fairy-tale tradition (or so I would guess, since I am not really very knowledgeable in that area), which of course made it a bit different in the narrative. The blurb describes the action quite well and I would recommend reading it before starting this book. I didn’t and got a bit confused:-)Short recap of the characters:In prison:The storyteller-older man convicted of murderIzzet-younger man convicted of dealing drugsThe story being told:Prince I...
Such a unique and lovely treat, written as Turkish folklore, completely lush, well-written, and highly erotic. No wonder it won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica!
It was one of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards - also known as the “Lammys” - in the Gay Erotica category so I thought I would try it. It was not what I expected.
