Melancholy of Innocence is a philo-poetic fable of love set in the late 1920s in Istanbul, just after the political revolution leading to Turkish independence. It is an adolescent's journey into self-discovery about the true meaning of love.
The novel inquires about the human moralities by looking philosophically into the realm of existentialism in the way modern society identifies love.
Excerpt
Chapter 1.
The fruit of Peace
is Silence
The fruit of Silence is Prayer
The fruit of Prayer is Faith
The fruit of Faith is Service
The fruit of Service is Love
The fruit of Love is Peace
The fruit of Peace is Silence
An intern architect at Ryan and Associates, Mateo Diaz has spent the last year learning his craft under the tutelage of partner Alex Ryan. Alex is the closest thing to family that Mateo has known since losing his own family years ago. But not even Al
I loved him. At age twelve he touched my heart with his music. At age twenty he captured my heart when our eyes met as he sat on a stage and sang Four months later, he fractured my heart with his refusal to allow us to stay together. At age seventy
