The Renovation

Name: The Renovation
ISBN: 9780241745779

by Kenan Orhan

Booker · 2026 · Longlist

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Hamish HamiltonMarch 26, 2026Literary Fiction256 pagesISBN 9780241745779

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Booker Prize	2026	Longlist	“A hilarious fantasy which had some of the judges laughing out loud. But it also poses questions about political activism, belonging, and the different forms imprisonment can take.”

About This Book

Dilara hires builders to adapt her apartment so her father, who has dementia, can move in. Instead of a bathroom they install a Turkish prison cell that opens, impossibly, onto Istanbul. A comic, heartbreaking debut about exile, care, and the different forms imprisonment can take.

About the Author

Kenan OrhanTurkish-American

Kenan Orhan is a Turkish-American writer based in Kansas. His debut story collection, I Am My Country, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and was longlisted for the Story Prize. Read more →