The Time Regulation Institute

The Time Regulation Institute

A literary discovery: an uproarious tragicomedy of modernization, in its first-ever English translation
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Perhaps the greatest Turkish novel of the twentieth century, being discovered around the world only now, more than fifty years after its first publication, The Time Regulation Institute is an antic, freewheeling send-up of the modern bureaucratic state.
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At its center is Hayri Irdal, an infectiously charming antihero who becomes entangled with an eccentric cast of charactersâ€”a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman Empire, a â€œclock whispererâ€â€”at the Time Regulation Institute, a vast organization that employs a hilariously intricate system of fines for the purpose of changing all the clocks in Turkey to Western time. Recounted in sessions with his psychoanalyst, the story of Hayri Irdalâ€™s absurdist misadventures plays out as a brilliant allegory of the collision of tradition and modernity, of East and West, infused with a poignant blend of hope for the promise of the future and nostalgia for a simpler time.

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From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-07
Format	Kindle eBook

The Time Regulation Institute

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