Overview

Sepanta The novel depicts the life of a young man, born to a second generation of exiles in Europe. He is a journalist and photographer with a focus on war photography. He is the only son of a couple who have unwillingly got a child. The parents are separated. The novel depicts the problematic relationship between the father and the son. The father has left the son long time ago but the son is determined to find him. It is a search for identity. It is the identity of all the characters who play a role in a complex narrative, from his father's mistress to war reporters who use anything to reach their goals, not even sparing the sick father. The narrator searches unknowingly for his identity, digging so deep into his father's past that he finally identifies himself with the father. Sepanta is a novel of love which furtively looks at social and political events in a country in which unfortunately humanity, like God, is dead. Sepanta is a novel critically reviewing the characters' thoughts and conducts, reviewing the politics of a world entangled in war. A war which uses weapons to reach power and wealth, and a mental war of individuals who fight for survival. Each in its own way, without the presence of an arbiter. The narrator is just one of them.