Aysegül Savas

‘Savas writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...’ New York Times ‘I fell in love with this book.’ Katie Kitamura, author of Audition and A Separation The mesmerizing debut novel by the author of The Anthropologists set in Paris and Istanbul, about a young Turkish woman grappling with...

The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas explores the lives of Asya and Manu, who are looking at apartments and envisioning their future in a foreign city. Removed from the web of family and its obligations, they ponder what traditions and rituals to establish together. As they dream about the possibilities of each new listing, Asya, a documentary filmmaker, spends her days...