Fake Gucci- Sweatpants on Stage (Fake Gucci-Jogginghose auf der Lesebühne)

In this sharply self-aware and strikingly honest book, Dinçer Güçyeter shines the spotlight on himself and the literary world he lives in. With clarity and humor, he reflects on his path from a factory worker to a publisher, and on his dual role as an independent press founder and an award-winning poet and novelist.

What were the early days of founding the publishing house like, alongside his day job? Carrying a backpack full of books from bookstore to the next? In what environment did he write your first lines and develop the determination to become an author and publisher? How does one navigate success? What traps lie within a literary scene driven by speed and trends? And how do those who care deeply about books withstand the mounting pressures and funding cuts that shape today’s cultural landscape?