“The one who loves and forgives unconditionally, who has limitless tolerance, is not the parent, contrary to popular belief, but the child. The child loves their parents no matter how they behave and this is where the child’s drama lies. The mother or father is at ease because deep down, they know that no matter what they do, the child will continue to love and…
Author Nihan Kaya, who developed step by step through her graduate studies in psychoanalysis, shared the top 5 books from her list of those that influenced her… With her book There Is No Such Thing as a Good Family, Nihan Kaya embarked on a new path to explain the relationship between parents and children. Kaya explains that the relationship formed with a child is actually…
Disparöni is Nihan Kaya’s latest novel. Kaya mentions that the title might seem unclear at first glance, but once the novel is read, readers will realize that the title is quite fitting. The author focuses on both the horizontal and vertical aspects of life, emphasizing everyday horizontal life and the inner, spiritual vertical life. She adds: “Confronting the vertical life means confronting ourselves.” We spoke…
Only children and novelists believe in dragons; they can see, hear, and speak with them… Nihan Kaya is one of those novelists. This essay discusses her novel Kırgınlık (Resentment), which debates the importance of narration and character in the art of the novel. This book speaks in the language of wounded souls. If, despite the world’s overwhelming pollution, a child still resides somewhere within you,…
