This week, the suggested topic is books with units of time in the title. At first this seemed kind of random, but it actually made for a fun list that crosses genres.
ACCENT: THE TIME REGULATION INSTITUTE by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
Those of us who are only fluent in English are so fortunate to have had this book translated from the original Turkish. The book incisively mocks bureaucracy from the point of view of clocks. The main hero is Hayri Irdal, who guides us through the strange world of the Time Regulation Institute. In this Turkey,…