A review by marywahlmeierbracciano
Walking on the Ceiling by Ayşegül Savaş

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Walking on the Ceiling is a delicate novel which follows Nurunisa (Nunu), a young Istanbulite who moves to Paris to study—only she doesn’t study; she walks.  As she meanders across the city alongside an author she very much admires—they have, by chance or fate, become friends—Nunu tells stories of her life in Istanbul.  Privately, she recounts memories of her father—now dead by suicide—and explores her relationship with her mother, complicated by her father’s death.  Ayşegül Savaş weaves notes on guilt and shame, home and place, truth and fact into this slim, thoughtful volume.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Grief

Minor: Suicide