''Tutunamayanlar'' () is the first novel of

Oğuz Atay Oğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edi ...

, one of the most prominent Turkish authors of the twentieth century. It was written in 1970-71 and published in 1972. Although it was never reprinted in his lifetime and was controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edition came out in 1984. ''Tutunamayanlar'' has been described as “probably the most eminent novel of twentieth-century

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”. This reference is due to a

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survey, which goes on: “it poses an earnest challenge to even the most skilled translator with its kaleidoscope of colloquialisms and sheer size.” It has been translated into Dutch, as ''Het leven in stukken'' (

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), and into German, as ''Die Haltlosen'' (usually "unstable", "unsupported", but here a literal translation of the Turkish). An English translation by Sevin Seydi, as ''The Disconnected'', was published by Olric Press in 2017 ().

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