What Remains

Leylâ Erbil author Amy Spangler translator Alev Ersan translator Mark Wyers translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Deep Vellum Publishing

Published:3rd Aug '23

£12.99

Supplier delay - available to order, but may take longer than usual.

What Remains cover

  • Campaign highlighting Leyla Erbil as one of the most influential Turkish writers of the 20th century
  • Second book in English after 2022’s highly praised A Strange Woman
  • Serialization targeting Harper’s, Paris Review, Astra Magazine, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Cincinnati Review, AGNI
  • National review and feature outreach to print publications (NYTBR, New York Times, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, Boston Globe) and online (NPR, Literary Hub, Buzzfeed, The Millions)
  • Targeted outreach to fans and champions of translated literature: World Literature Today, Asymptote, Words Without Borders
  • Promotion on the publisher’s website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); publisher’s e-newsletter to booksellers, reviewers, librarians


An experimental collection of "proems" from poet and author Leyla Erbil, the first Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. These poems recount the history and present of the Turkish state, from the Byzantine Empire through the 20th Century Turkey of Erbil's experience.

ISBN: 9781646051175

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

150 pages