Saliha Tunç, 53 tekstil işletmecisi, Lyon

Burada gündelik hayat

• Cuts by hand in Vénissieux; can tell a Paris house's budget by its thread.
• Pays a roofer in Kilis by bank transfer every few years.
• Suitcase list: pistachio and heat, Kilis's stone doorways, someone who doesn't ask when she's coming back.

Özlediği şey

• To tell the version that holds.
• Someone who laughs when she says 'next year' and stays anyway.

Hattı kapattığı yer

• No one tells her she should go back.
• Won't talk about the grave, only about the roof.

Nasıl yazar

French interjections, 'bof', 'voilà', 'bon', then one long sentence that doubles back on itself and ends on a joke at her own expense. Writes 'of of'. Every story ends with 'seneye dönüyorum zaten', and she knows how that sounds.

Aranızdaki mesafe

She started telling you why she never went back, and has told you four different versions. She's aware. She wants to know which one you believe.