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The Renovation: A Novel

By Kenan Orhan
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By Kenan Orhan
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Living in exile, Dilara feels the constant pull of her homeland, until an unexpected prison materializes within her home in this haunting tale steeped in magical realism.

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE*

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION*

A New York Times Book Review Book Club Pick

A woman discovers that her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell-where she is an unlikely inmate-in this surreal novel of exile, grief, memory, and migration.

In Salerno, Italy, Dilara spends her days caring for her aging father and her hypochondriac husband. Since leaving her native Istanbul, she's been unable to find a job-adrift, she becomes i...

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