Consuming books is one thing, drinking them is another. What is consumed is forgotten, what is drunk mixes with the blood. Hasan Çağlayan's 'The Sea I Drink' is the product of the second kind of reading adventure. He searches for the meaning of death in Barthes, the meaning of memory in Aytmatov, and the meaning of devotion in Van Gogh. He doesn't write criticism; he uses books like doors. Behind each door, he seeks the same thing: the meaning t…
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Consuming books is one thing, drinking them is another. What is consumed is forgotten, what is drunk mixes with the blood. Hasan Çağlayan's 'The Sea I Drink' is the product of the second kind of reading adventure. He searches for the meaning of death in Barthes, the meaning of memory in Aytmatov, and the meaning of devotion in Van Gogh. He doesn't write criticism; he uses books like doors. Behind each door, he seeks the same thing: the meaning t…