Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

Cold Nights of Childhood

Tezer Özlü

160 pages • first pub 1980 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
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A lyrical autofictional account of the author's fight to survive depression and carve out her own path in 1950s and 60s IstanbulThe narrator of Cold Nights of Childhood grows up in a rapidly changing Turkey, where the atmosphere is nationalist, pa...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 429 reviews

Moods

dark: 78%

reflective: 70%

emotional: 59%

sad: 50%

challenging: 35%

hopeful: 16%

tense: 15%

inspiring: 8%

informative: 6%

mysterious: 6%

adventurous: 3%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

45% of readers chose fast
36% of readers chose medium
17% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose A mix
83% of readers chose Character
4% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
9% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

32% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
46% of readers chose No
18% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

74% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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