Part One in the acclaimed The Wind from the Plain trilogy Turkey's greatest novelist, Yashar Kemal was an unsurpassed storyteller who brought to life a world of staggering violence and hallucinatory beauty. Kemal's books delve deeply into the entrenched social and historical conflicts that scar the Middle East. At the same time scents and sounds, vistas of mountain and stream and field, rise up from the pages of his books with primitive force. The Wind from the Plains trilogy is widely seen as his masterpiece, alongside the ...
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Part One in the acclaimed The Wind from the Plain trilogy Turkey's greatest novelist, Yashar Kemal was an unsurpassed storyteller who brought to life a world of staggering violence and hallucinatory beauty. Kemal's books delve deeply into the entrenched social and historical conflicts that scar the Middle East. At the same time scents and sounds, vistas of mountain and stream and field, rise up from the pages of his books with primitive force. The Wind from the Plains trilogy is widely seen as his masterpiece, alongside the legendary Memed My Hawk. Each year the wind brings the news to old Halil's keen senses that the cotton is ripe for picking in the plain, and at his word the entire population of his remote village in the Taurus Mountains set out on the arduous trek. But this year old Halil finds himself too old to go on foot; so does Long Ali's aging mother, Meryemdje, and both clamour for a place on the back of Long Ali's broken-down nag, scarcely capable of bearing either of the two old people. Halil's determination to stay on and Meryemdje's to get him off lead to a war of words and cunning which lights with delicious comedy the sombre drama of the march. But when the decrepit animal finally dies, and the group falls behind the rest of the villagers, it is the unfortunate Ali who has to show piety towards his mother and compassion to old Halil, while pressing on with dogged resolution to reach the cotton fields before they are picked bare. The power of The Wind from the Plain, the first volume of The Wind from the Plain trilogy, lies in its simplicity, which in turn lies in the handful of unforgettable characters whose story it tells - the timeless one of survival.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition (UK) in Very Good condition, name written neatly inside, in a dustjacket with moderate wear and tear to all edges. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Fine in Good jacket. First edition in English. Translated by Thilda Kemal. Fine in a good dustwrapper with one long tear and some additional light wear. Afro-English author Derek Patmore's copy with his ownership Signature (twice) and a complimentary slip from the publisher laid in.
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New York. 1969. Dodd Mead. 1st American Edition. Mark From The Remains Of A Price Sticker On Both Top Corner Of Front Free Endpaper & On Front Endpaper, Otherwise Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. Translated from the Turkish by Thilda Kemal. 286 pages. hardcover. Cover: Salem Tamer. keywords: Literature Translated Turkey. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Each year when the wind brings the news to old Halil's keen senses that the cotton is ripe for picking in the Anatolian plain, the entire population of his remote village in the Taurus Mountains set out on the arduous trek to earn by their toil enough to buy the necessities of life for the bitter highland winter. This year Halil finds himself too old to go on foot; so does Long Ali's mother Meryemdje, and both clamor for a place on the back of her son's broken-down nag. Halil's determination to stay on and Meryemdje's to get him off lead to a war of words and cunning which brightens with comedy the sombre drama of the march. But when the animal dies and the group falls behind the rest of the villagers, it is Ali who has to bear the burden of reconciling love for his mother with compassion for the old rogue Halil, while pressing doggedly on to reach the cotton fields before they are picked bare. Within this narrative, Yashar Kemal evokes the simple passions of the true folk novel and evidences why he is considered the greatest living Turkish writer. inventory #31488.
