The Anthropologists
Asya and Manu are a young couple living in a foreign city, far from where either of them grew up. Asya makes documentary films, and she watches her neighborhood with the curiosity of an anthropologist, noticing how strangers in a park or regulars at a bar make a place feel like home. As the two search for an apartment to buy, the question underneath becomes larger: what does it mean to make a life away from your parents and your home country, to choose a new family and a new set of customs? Ayşegül Savaş writes with warmth and a light touch about love, distance, and belonging. It was a TeaTime Book Club pick by Dakota Johnson.
What you might want to know about The Anthropologists
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
A young couple living abroad hunt for an apartment and try to build a life far from their families, observing the small rituals of the city around them.
Yes. Dakota Johnson chose it for her TeaTime Book Club in August 2024.
The Anthropologists was written by Ayşegül Savaş, published in 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
The Anthropologists is 192 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Anthropologists takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
The Anthropologists is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.