Memed, My Hawk - Softcover
Set in the mountains of Anatolia, this story of love, pursuit and vengeance recounts the efforts of Memed, a poor orphan, to obtain justice against a tyrant, even if it means taking to banditry to achieve his ends. The author also wrote "The Wind from the Plain" and "To Crush the Serpent".
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"A beautiful novel in the old, glorious tradition of heroic storytelling." (Scotsman)
"'A masterpiece'." (New Statesman)
"'A tale that assumes epic proportions and gathers speed to rush to a spectacular climax'." (Daily Telegraph)
"It has that insiders feelings for man, the oppressed, labouring animal ... you might find in Tolstoy, Hardy or Silone. The author never loses his freshness, an ability to pick on details as though see for the first time." (Guardian)
"Yasham Kemal achieves the Russian quality - an intimacy of detail which makes his etching indelible, more selected, and therefore more obvious than life ... the book is a small, sharp, moving epic of Turkish soil" (Sunday Telegraph)
Book Description:
"'A masterpiece'." (New Statesman)
"'A tale that assumes epic proportions and gathers speed to rush to a spectacular climax'." (Daily Telegraph)
"It has that insiders feelings for man, the oppressed, labouring animal ... you might find in Tolstoy, Hardy or Silone. The author never loses his freshness, an ability to pick on details as though see for the first time." (Guardian)
"Yasham Kemal achieves the Russian quality - an intimacy of detail which makes his etching indelible, more selected, and therefore more obvious than life ... the book is a small, sharp, moving epic of Turkish soil" (Sunday Telegraph)
A classic of Turkish literature, originally published in 1955, this novel won the Varlik Prize, the highest literature award of Turkey
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherThe Harvill Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0002711206
- ISBN 13 9780002711203
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Memed, My Hawk
Published by
HarperCollins Publishers
(1993)
ISBN 10: 0002711206
ISBN 13: 9780002711203
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0002711206-2-1
Buy New
£ 22.39
Convert currency
Stock Image
Memed, My Hawk
Published by
HarperCollins Publishers
(1993)
ISBN 10: 0002711206
ISBN 13: 9780002711203
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0002711206-new
Buy New
£ 25.17
Convert currency