
Is Love A Madness?
by Bedrettin Simsek
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Pub Date Aug 19 2020 | Archive Date Mar 16 2021
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Description
The most burning love poems of Bedrettin Simsek are combined with his novel, a masterpiece of irony and dark humor!
Bedrettin Simsek, the heterodox author of Turkish literature, whose first work 'The Sermon Book Of The False Prophet' came out in 1996, combines his identity as a poet with his identity as a novelist in his book 'Is Love a Madness?' in which he addresses an even more bizarre situation that arises as a result of a bizarreness of the human soul.
By making the poem a part of the novel and with his ability to create situations that can be both tragic and funny at the same time, he reveals a unique work in literary fiction.
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ISBN | 9786056526176 |
PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
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"Sometimes we don't know how much we love someone until we hurt them. We hurt the people closest to us. Then, looking at the depths of the wounds we inflicted ourselves, we realize how much we were loved."
- Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek
Is Love A Madness is a well-crafted combination of poetry and prose. It offers interesting insights into love and jealously. It tells the tale of love poems that led to a death - was it a murder or an accident?
I loved the originality of the concept and the poems were charming. It’s an easy and short read, sure to keep you hooked.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek is a beautiful book about jealous husbands, and romantic poems combine with this novel.
The story is about "The poetry murder case", a story about love which can be both good and bad. People think the poems led to the disaster, worked as a weapon. Poems held in court as evidence of a crime of murder.
Ahmet was a successful businessman, all his dream had come true, and he had a beautiful wife, Nebahat, who loved. He assigned Kamal as the manager of his company, the young man who God send him down to this world in an ugly body.
Kamal was a poet, and his poems could touch souls. One night Kamal read his poems for Ahmet and Nebahat for the first time. Ahmet noticed his wife's fondness for Kamal's poem, and he got obsessed with this idea that maybe she has fallen in love with Kamal. His jealousy grew like a disease, made him a madman.
A dead, A question, this happened by accident?
I love this book, especially the poems. Making the poem as part of the novel was fascinating. Thoughts of jealous husband beautifully described. An easy and short read. Highly Recommended!
"Then don't blame me for lying, for walking around with a mask on my face
If I lie, that's so you can understand me better
nd if I stand before you with a mask
That's because it makes me look beautiful before you ..."
Thanks to Author and Netgalley, I have given an honest review of Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek.
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