{"product_id":"reckless-by-hasan-ali-toptas","title":"'Reckless' by Hasan Ali Toptaş","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-17\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-17\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-17\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-72\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"589c69d6-450e-4c72-8af1-453ae98ca1ad\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"888\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"437\"\u003eReckless\u003c\/em\u003e, Hasan Ali Toptaş sends a nameless soldier into a remote, snow-covered village to deliver a mysterious bag. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"888\"\u003eThe journey quickly becomes stranger than its apparent mission. Suddenly flush with a world where boys hunt birds in the snow, villagers appear and vanish with the logic of dreams, and every encounter seems to carry the pressure of something half-buried, half-forgotten, and not especially keen on being found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"1321\"\u003eOften described as one of Turkey’s most important contemporary novelists, Toptaş writes here in a mode somewhere between fable, political nightmare and winter hallucination. The novel moves through war, exile, guilt, masculinity and state violence without ever turning itself into an easy allegory. It has the atmosphere of a folk story told by someone who has seen too much and is now being politely evasive about the worst parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1487\"\u003eA spare, uncanny piece of translated fiction for readers drawn to Kafka, Krasznahorkai, Kadare, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1803\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition, first printing, published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely and John Angliss. Paperback with light shelfwear to covers and edges; pages appear clean and binding sound. Winner of the English PEN Award sticker to front cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44657856282707,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T115905.695.png?v=1779760759","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/reckless-by-hasan-ali-toptas","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}