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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y<br />
A . A L İ U R A L<br />
A. Ali Ural was born in Ladik, Samsun in 1959. He received his elementary school<br />
education in Ankara and then studied Literature and <strong>The</strong>ology in Riyadh. A. Ali<br />
Ural’s first poem was published in the journal Mavera (1982). He founded Şule<br />
Publishing and his poems, stories and articles were published in Merdiven Sanat<br />
and Kitaphaber magazines. A. Ali Ural is currently the vice-president <strong>of</strong> the Turkish<br />
Writers Association. He has a weekly column in Zaman newspaper. He has been<br />
teaching creative writing at different institutions in Istanbul for fifteen years.<br />
WORKS: Körün Parmak Uçları (Finger Tips <strong>of</strong> the Blind, Poems, 1998), Posta<br />
Kutusundaki Mızıka (Harmonica in the Mail Box, Essays, 1999), Yangın Merdiveni<br />
(Fire Escape Stairs, Stories, 2000), Makyaj Yapan Ölüler (<strong>The</strong> Dead Putting on<br />
Make-up, Essays, 2004), Resimde Görünmeyen (What Can’t be Seen in the Painting,<br />
Essays, 2006), Kuduz Aşısı (Rabies Vaccine, Poems, 2006), Güneşimin Önünden<br />
Çekil (Do not Block My Sun, Novel, 2007), Satranç Oynayan Derviş (<strong>The</strong> Chess<br />
Playing Dervish, Essay2008).<br />
YANGIN MERDİVENİ<br />
FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS<br />
Pojarna stılba, Bulgarian<br />
133 pages, Short Story<br />
Translated by Mariya Leontic<br />
ISBN:9756841516<br />
info@aliural.com.tr, aliural@hotmail.com<br />
We are all trying to escape <strong>from</strong><br />
something. We successfully escape <strong>from</strong><br />
our lives, <strong>from</strong> the ones we hate or love,<br />
<strong>from</strong> our responsibilities… But upon<br />
reading Yangın Merdiveni (Fire Escape<br />
Stairs) , we realise that we are only<br />
running away <strong>from</strong> ourselves. <strong>The</strong> loving<br />
arms, which will embrace us in the end,<br />
are nothing but loneliness.