Waiting for the Fear by Oğuz Atay NYRB set in the era of

set in the era of the Black Death

leaves an indelible impression

Pages: 864

Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story—all created by Tom Hanks himself—including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel’s "major motion picture masterpiece

Waiting for the Fear by Oğuz Atay NYRB set in the era ofShort stories about people on the margins, from story peddlers to beggars, by one of Turkey's most innovative fiction writers, now in a new English translation. A giant of modern Turkish literature, Ouz Atay remains largely untranslated into English. First published in 1975, Waiting for the Fear is Atay's only collection of short stories, praised by the Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk for having transformed the art of short fiction. Atay's stories are