The Applicant

A singular debut from “an important and radical new literary voice” (Elif Batuman), The Applicant explores with wit and brevity what it means to be an immigrant, woman, and emerging writer

It’s 2017 and Leyla, a Turkish twenty—something living in Berlin is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland—themed hostel after failing her thesis, losing her student visa, and suing her German university in a Kafkaesque attempt to reverse her failure.

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