Kenan Orhan
Debut novelist and author of The Renovation, whose work explores exile, memory, and caregiving; appears on the episode to read from and discuss his book.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 10min
'The Renovation' is a novel with a surrealist take on prison structures big and small
Kenan Orhan, debut novelist whose work examines exile, memory, and caregiving, reads from and discusses The Renovation. He describes a bathroom that becomes an impossible Turkish prison. He talks about political exile, caregiving as confinement, melancholic longing, and how memory and family shape the surreal story.
