Last Tram

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.   

Nedim Gürsel is the author of The Conqueror, The Daughters of Allah, and A Long Summer in Istanbul and 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 Whitehouse is a translator and musician.