{"product_id":"the-applicant-paperback","title":"The Applicant - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNazlı Koca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA singular debut from \"an important and radical new literary voice\" (Elif Batuman), \u003ci\u003eThe Applicant\u003c\/i\u003e explores with wit and brevity what it means to be an immigrant, woman, and emerging writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2017 and Leyla, a Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel after failing her thesis, losing her student visa, and suing her German university in a Kafkaesque attempt to reverse her failure.Increasingly distant from what used to be at arm's reach--writerly ambitions, tight knit friendships, a place to call home--Leyla attempts to find solace in the techno beats of Berlin's nightlife, with little success. Right as the clock winds down on the hold on her visa, Leyla meets a conservative Swedish tourist and--against her political convictions and better judgment--begins to fall in love, or something like it. Will she accept an IKEA life with the Volvo salesman and relinquish her creative dreams, or return to Turkey to her mother and sister, codependent and enmeshed, her father's ghost still haunting their lives?While she waits for the German court's verdict on her future, in the pages of her diary, Leyla begins to parse her unresolved past and untenable present. An indelible character at once precocious and imperiled, Leyla gives voice to the working-class and immigrant struggle to find safety, self-expression, and happiness. \u003ci\u003eThe Applicant\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary dissection of a liminal life between borders and identities, an original and darkly funny debut.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNazlı Koca is a writer and poet from Turkey who now lives in the US. Her writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSecond Factory, \u003c\/em\u003eamong other outlets. \u003cem\u003eThe Applicant \u003c\/em\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759188115744,"sku":"9780802162717","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d9047134b82ca2ea3a1cfc807fbc7b94.webp?v=1780144827","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-applicant-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}