Ilke Ergin

UTERIA Letters to Hidden Island Ilke Ergin

It is the novel of applicable utopia. Which makes readers to think, "if there is such an island like this really?" Daphne lives alone in the country where she started practice law following her university education. One day after work, she gets raped and this incident drags her at the brink of suicide. An unexpected visit from her best friend Tykhe, whom she had lost track of her for two years after the graduation from the university enables her to hold on to life again. As the day of departure was getting closer, Tykhe starts asking questions to Daphne regarding the gender equality and matriarchal social order. Daphne understands that all of these questions are relevant to the mysterious world of Tykhe. The mystery unfolds after a series of philosophical conversation and exchanges of ideas. Tykhe says that she lives in an archipelago called Uterya and invites Daphne to the island. And the adventure starts...