A Ticket of Return to Kobani

About this book

Between the crowded alleys of "Qamishli" fragrant with memories and spices, and "Kobani's" steadfastness shaking the dust of death off its shoulders, the novel "A Ticket of Return" weaves its threads between reality and dream. The tale begins with Jakarkhwin, the lawyer waking from a surgical anesthesia to find himself pursued by hallucinations whose source he knows not, and vague words he uttered in the absence of consciousness: "Kobani... Zoroaster." On the other side stands Afrin, the young photographer carrying in her almond eyes displacement's tragedy and return's hope, documenting with her lens war's fractures and spirit's victories. Their paths intersect on a search journey not merely for a missing hard drive or photographs, but for fragments of identity scattered behind barbed wire and on "Jaqjaq" river's banks. The novel is no mere narration of war events, but a dive into the psychology of loss and memory refusing to submit to oblivion. The text progresses from medical hallucinations' mystery to popular resistance's inspiration, presenting human tales of fathers.