Seven years after its publication, Nihan Kaya reunites with her readers through Resentment, sharing the story behind its creation.

This long essay takes us through Kaya’s journey, beginning with her childhood, school life, adolescence, and young adulthood. It offers a detailed presentation of how her writing and publishing career began and evolved.

Why were Kaya’s books pulled from circulation? Why were they sold at exorbitant prices in secondhand bookstores? What was the nature of Resentment’s resentment? Why didn’t Kaya want to write this book, and how did her reluctance to write the novel transform into the novel itself?

The answers to these questions are found in Resentment and What Comes After. Through this work, readers encounter an entirely new side of Kaya’s authorship, one they’ve never seen before. Resentment and What Comes After doesn’t just open and nourish Resentment—according to Kaya, Resentment is incomplete without this longer writing that follows.