Vagabond Standards (SSS) by Faretin. The Dream Busting Missionary Army has been following him from time to time under the disguise of a teacher or a nurse since his childhood. Faretin strives to become a poet, yet he has no success in publishing his poems in any journal. So he starts taking short notes on a symposium that will orient mankind towards wise vagabondism. Eventually Faretin gets confined to a mental asylum because of his hallucinations.
According to Faretin the future of suffering humanity lies in the The SSS. Closely observing his surroundings at the bighouse, Faretin decides to breakout with the help of his friends. As he tries to find his way around, he discovers that “fantastic bodies wrapped tightly with weird souls have to sharpen their eyes to see into their own depths”.
Faretin discards the letters “h” and “t” from his name and turns into a mouse or a crab from time to time. These finely planned fictional scenes add a Kafkaesque dimension to the novel. While transforming his character into a crab or a mouse the writer takes the character’s point of view or mobility into consideration and his manner reminds us how neccessary the usage of visual memory is in literature. While building sentences speculating on the scenes where Faretin feels like a real mouse, Çıracıoğlu also contemplates images that focus on detail.
As defined by Mikhail Bahtin, The SSS possesses the characteristics of a carnivalesque novel, a quality that is extremely rare in Turkish Literature. It is a novel where reality and fantasy are interwined and the imaginary world of the hero is introduced to us, enriched with fantastic components.
The SSS is a carnaval that pushes the boundries of madness and language. The novel is a door to neverland and a carnaval of words without a veil.