by Yaşar Kemal · Unionsverlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783293290099
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«Memed mein Falke» is the novel by Turkish writer Yaşar Kemal, published by Unionsverlag in paperback, in German.
The novel follows Memed, a young peasant from rural Anatolia who, oppressed by the landowner Abdi Aga, is forced to flee. Becoming a rebel and bandit, his defense of the peasants and his thirst for revenge turn him into a legend told in Turkish cafés.
First installment of the «İnce Memed» series, originally published in 1955; this German edition dates from 1997.
Recommended for readers of classic fiction, Turkish literature and historical fiction set in Anatolia.
Yaşar Kemal was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of his 1955 novel Memed, My Hawk.
