The Chronicle

By Tartyla

Written in 2014

In the turbulent landscape of his mind, he grapples with the ever-shifting tides of his mental state, finding solace and confusion in equal measure amidst his deep love for literature. Caught between the chaos within and the comfort of books, he navigates the labyrinth of his own psyche, seeking elusive truths within the pages of his favorite authors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tartyla
• Release date: May 12, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224884841

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The Chronicle

Tartyla

Published by Tartyla, 2024.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

The Chronicle

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My big brother 

Ahmed

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have to say something

The first time I read this quote by F.Scott Fitzgerald during one of my lectures I rushed to my dorm room and cried.

I have always had a plot, a story in my head that I could never convey into words.

Getting  perfect grades and being on the top of your department gives  you a sense of superiority and a big uninvited ego.

Before my  first lecture actually started we had to introduce ourselves to the  whole class spontaneously, I was the last  person to speak hearing about  how they started reading from the age of 5 or younger kind of depressed me  I started reading at 14 which made me feel as though I had started late, so  I did the only thing I could think of I lied.

I said I started when I was 6 I could have gone lower but 6 seemed like a very realistic number.

I  was always watching TV till I discovered a book in my mom's collection  called Great Expectation which soon became my ultimate favorite novel, we  had a power shutdown we did the usual drill of putting candles all  around the house not having a way of turning on the TV I started roaming  around the house and saw Great Expectation by Charles Dickens who  later became my favorite writer.

Before picking it up I sarcastically said.

Oh I expect great things from this book

And let me tell you it blew my world away I almost gave my mother a heart attack when she walked in and saw me reading.

I  moved from Hokkaido to Tokyo to study in university , my daily routine was  pretty stable wake up, go for a run, go to school ,tutor, go to a bar,  then home and the same thing the next day,unless some of the students I tutor cancel then I just go to the library.

Ever since I came to Tokyo I go to the same bar every day.

It  was August 8'th 1980 it was pretty late and the bar was pretty crowded  there were  guys on my left who barely noticed my existence one who  looked pretty bored but smart and the other pretty drunk. I wasn't  eavesdropping but he said something that for some reason changed my view  of life.

Yeah we all die but it'll take another fifty years and  to be blunt fifty years spent thinking is a helluva lot more exhausting  than five thousand years of living without your brain

This made me think and think I felt like I used all my fifty years thinking that night.I have over 400 books in boxes back at my dorm room, I didn't need to take all my books with me from home but I felt more comfortable having them with me.

Although I know I owe all my grades success to reading, reading