Confessions: A Book of Tales
By Loren Edizel
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Loren Edizel
Loren Edizel was born in Izmir, Turkey, and has lived in Canada most of her life. She is the author of three novels, Adrift (2011) (long-listed for the ReLit Awards), The Ghosts of Smyrna (2013), and a collection of short stories, Confessions: A Book of Tales (2014). The Ghosts of Smyrna was also published in Turkish, in Turkey, in 2017. Her short fiction has appeared in journals in both Canada and in Turkey. She lives in Toronto with her family.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Title may seem bland but it's perfect: these are nine first-person stories of a confession of deeds or feelings or of secrets revealed. Settings are either in Turkey or in Canada. I recommend this collection highly; the author's vignettes have deftly described certain characters and situations in which they find themselves. These tales are vivid and psychologically incisive.As in any collection of short stories or poetry quality varies. These are the ones I liked best:The conch: A Turkish wife in the 1940s and her secret life.Small gift: a Turkish street sweeper.The whisper: a jinn and a man who has done a great wrong. My favorite of the collection.Hôtel de la Paix: an orphan girl raised by nuns.Burgundy Wine: a wife preparing Beef Stroganoff