The Trojan War Museum

and Other Stories

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Pub Date Aug 20 2019 | Archive Date Jul 31 2019
General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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In Ayse Papatya Bucak’s dreamlike narratives, dead girls recount the effects of an earthquake and a chess-playing automaton falls in love. A student stops eating and no one knows whether her act is personal or political. A Turkish wrestler, a hero in the East, is seen as a brute in the West. The anguish of an Armenian refugee is “performed” at an American fund-raiser. An Ottoman ambassador in Paris amasses a tantalizing collection of erotic art. And in the masterful title story, the Greek god Apollo confronts his personal history and bewails his Homeric reputation as he tries to memorialize, and make sense of, generations of war. A joy and a provocation, Bucak’s stories confront the nature of historical memory with humor and humanity. Surreal and poignant, they examine the tension between myth and history, cultural categories and personal identity, performance and authenticity.

In Ayse Papatya Bucak’s dreamlike narratives, dead girls recount the effects of an earthquake and a chess-playing automaton falls in love. A student stops eating and no one knows whether her act is...

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LibraryReads votes due by 7/1 and IndieNext votes due by 6/4.

LibraryReads votes due by 7/1 and IndieNext votes due by 6/4.

Advance Praise

“Ayse Papatya Bucak shares with Jhumpa Lahiri the gift of fusing distinctive subject matter with an unusually restrained and elegant voice. This marvelous debut collection is truly rare in its range and depth, its mastery of history and myth, and its fearless story-telling.” - Andrea Barrett, author of Archangel

“What a beautiful, wildly imagined book. The Trojan War Museum gives us stories with branching paths, and they resemble fairy tales, historical accounts, news reports, and dreams. This is fiction of great originality and great delight.” - Joan Silber, author of Improvement

“One of the best and most surprising collections I've read in a long time. This is a wonder cabinet of stories, each so singular and marvelous that I spent a long time after each, wanting to linger in the space it had created.” - Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble

“A truly lovely, truly surprising book. Ayse Papatya Bucak's stories are narratively precise, and they are also beautiful vignettes on human culture, deftly probing the fissures and pressure points of history and bringing up new forms like the sponge divers in one of her stories. This collection absolutely glows with life.” - Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State

“Ayse Papatya Bucak shares with Jhumpa Lahiri the gift of fusing distinctive subject matter with an unusually restrained and elegant voice. This marvelous debut collection is truly rare in its range...

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ISBN 9781324002970
PRICE $24.95 (USD)
PAGES 192

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This was a fantastic set of short stories! I'm usually hesitant to read short story collections because more often than not most of the stories fall flat with only a couple gems thrown in between but this collection knocks a punch with each story. I highly recommend this one! I also think it would be great for book clubs because there are a lot of themes that could be discussed around the stories. I will definitely be on the lookout for more books by this author!

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