Irregular Mustafa: A Hyper Realistic Modern Tale

by Mustafa Keskin

While Mustafa Keskin’s first book, Mundane Stories, focussed on the mundane details of the every day lives of the protagonists, Irregular Mustafa uses the mundane and meticulous to complement the great questions of our lives. A novel rather than a collection of short stories, Irregular Mustafa r eveals the blueprints to Keskin’s life, layering third-person narrative over first-person diary entries and giving some not-before-seen, yet immediately relatable perspectives of addiction, loneliness, and aging. Full of surprises and frustrations, the story also intriguingly strays into science fiction and questions the boundaries of reality and fantasy, providing a fitting text for the challenges of the 21st century in the western world.

422 pages, Paperback

Published August 6, 2023

About the author

Born in 1977, Mustafa Keskin was educated first at Istanbul Bogazici University and then at Istanbul Bilgi University, and he went on to work for an international company, writing short stories in his spare time. His first book, Algisal(Perceptions), a collection of Turkish poems, was published in 2011 in Turkey. He has lived in Istanbul and Dubai and currently lives in Berlin. Mundane Stories, a collection of short stories written between 2019 and 2021, is his first book published in English