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Memed, My Hawk Yashar Kemal

Memed, My Hawk By Yashar Kemal

Memed, My Hawk by Yashar Kemal


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Summary

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. Jashar Kemal is the author of The Foundling.

Memed, My Hawk Summary

Memed, My Hawk by Yashar Kemal

In the Taurus highlands of Anatolia in the 1930s life is harsh and the five small villages on Dikenli, the Plateau of Thistles, are ruled by the owner of the land, Abdi Agha. Ince Memed, the only son of a poor widow, plans to escape his servitude by fleeing Dikenli with his beloved, Hatche. The Agha catches the couple as they attempt their escape. Memed wounds the Agha and disappears into the night but Hatche is captured. Memed, still only a youth, becomes a brigand in the mountains, driven by his determination to rescue his beloved and settle accounts with the vindictive Abdi Agha. Yashar Kemal's first novel, originally published in 1952, combines a narrative of great excitement and drama with a strong and simple portrait of the rigours of peasant life, vivid in its detail and observation.

Additional information

GOR001892391
9781860463914
1860463916
Memed, My Hawk by Yashar Kemal
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
19971101
368
N/A
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