The Useless Man
- Author: Sait Faik Abasıyanık
- Year of publication: 2014
- Translator: Tamar Noneshvili
- Page quantity: 1
- Cover designer / Illustrator: Tamar Tsintsadze
- Language: Georgian
- Category: FICTION
- ISBN: 978-9941-9379-9-6
“The Useless Man” is a collection of short stories by Turkish writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık, in which the author introduces readers to everyday life in Istanbul and its less noticed people. The stories focus on lonely individuals, fishermen, workers, the poor, wanderers, and people living on the margins of society. With warmth and sensitivity, the author explores their inner worlds, thoughts, dreams, and loneliness. One of the central stories in the collection tells the story of a man who, for seven years, never ventures beyond a few streets in his neighbourhood. He avoids social interaction, lives a monotonous daily life, and gradually withdraws into his own little world. His story reflects loneliness, alienation, and the desire to escape from life. This is a collection filled with human stories, melancholy, irony, and poetic observations, reminding us that even the most ordinary people can hide an extraordinary world within themselves.
