{"product_id":"the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan","title":"The Renovation by Kenan Orhan SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the Guardians top 10 debuts to watch out for in 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dazzlingly original new voice in literary fiction for fans of Ali Smith, Mohsin Hamid and Elif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Renovation is a heart-breaking portrait of one family caught in the tides of history, grappling with grief, exile, politics and the painful absurdity of love\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDilara’s father is disappearing. He has dementia and the disease steals a little more of him each day. Dilara has persuaded him to move in with her, hiring builders to adapt her apartment in preparation, but when the renovation is complete she discovers a big problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of a new bathroom, the builders have installed a Turkish prison cell. At first she is outraged. There has surely been some mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDilara’s family are exiles – they left Turkey many years ago and have never been back. The last thing she wants is a piece of her estranged homeland appearing uninvited in her new home. But as the weeks pass, her indignation gives way to curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the cell door, she glimpses Turkish guards going about their work. Through the cell walls, she hears Turkish prisoners murmuring, rustling, crying out in their sleep. And in the strange, impossible air of the cell itself, she smells the sesame scent of freshly baked simit, she tastes the fine dust of the Anatolian steppe on her tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven as she struggles to care for her father, to keep the family finances afloat and stop the wheels coming off her marriage, Dilara is drawn back again and again to the mysterious prison cell, and through it to a city that once belonged to her – to the salt wind off the Marmara, the sky full of gulls and domes and minarets – back to Istanbul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Hardback 256 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Hamish Hamilton Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780241745779\u003cbr\u003ePublished:26 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, Coping with old age\u003cbr\u003eWeight:358g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:145 x 224 x 27 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63958404530525,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780241745779.jpg?v=1774274909","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}