The novel ‘Karanlık Güzergahlar’ translated by Sevda Deniz Karali, 2015 graduate of the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, took its place on bookshelves in bookstores in January 2017 with the logo of Ayrıntı Publishing House. Original name of the book is Dark Diversions, written by John Ranston.

Demagogues, dictators, bigots, racists, populists. They’re all the same: leadership through fear, the roots of hero-worship. These people may be evil, but they stir up crowds. To see an honest man stir up a crowd is sometimes moving. To watch a dishonest man do it is much more interesting. Then you can see the full spectrum of our weaknesses being played. Like an instrument. The inner fears we try to control are suddenly encouraged to blossom, and some of us let go. Suddenly normal citizens become monsters. If you haven’t seen this happen – seen it, not read about it- then you can’t understand what goes wrong in society.

"A man among dictators, gangsters, exiled princesses, hopeless romantics, bigots, assassins and people who would risk everything to stay alive... A traveller in a world that revolves around lies, betrayals, tragic deaths, lives hidden behind secrets and loves that go on despite all... A traveller who witnesses everything, and who, sometimes, causes it…"

Edition Notice:

Author: John Ralston Saul

Translator: Sevda Deniz Karali

Publishing House: Ayrıntı

ISBN: 978-605-314-153-2  

Number of Pages: 304