Nihan Kaya describes But I’m Not One of You as “my most fun and easiest-to-read book,” a collection of stories where humor and pain intertwine. These are both independent and interconnected stories.

Münasip Efendi, unable to trust anyone with his petunia, cannot bring himself to commit suicide. The adventures of this irritable old man and his petunia intersect with the entertaining and melancholic stories of other people living on the same street.

“Isn’t it you who keeps saying ‘I don’t like flowers’?”
“What’s this obsession with petunias?”
“I don’t like flowers. Never have. I just love this petunia.”