On The Shore
“Memories are what shape you. They define who you are. Who you become.”
Runner-up of 2022 Writers’ & Artists’ Prize
Figen Gungor’s work-in-progress, On The Shore, received the 2022 runner-up prize for the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize.
She is now looking for an agent with the hopes that her work finds its home.
Before delving into her passion she graduated from the University of Leicester with a degree in English Literature and soon went on to teach abroad in Japan. Now, she works as an Assistant Editor for an academic publisher.
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Twenty-one-year-old Barry is a NEET. His one obsession in life is getting his childhood memories back. The only clue he has is the feeling of water and the sound of his Mother who died the night he got amnesia. But when he accidentally finds a hidden birth certificate revealing his real name to be Barış, he feels compelled to go to Türkiye to find out the truth, picking up a hitchhiker along the way who knows more than she lets on.
“This is an engaging exploration of memory and the writing is vivid and precise. There is a strong sense of character and narrative voice and the plot is complex and well-wrought.”
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