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Memed, My Hawk

by Edouard Roditi, Yaşar Kemal
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Escape poverty and injustice in lyrical high adventure.

Recommended for those who enjoy tales of adventure, struggles against oppression, and individuals who transform from a victim to a hero. The book is most unique in its lyrical writing style, high adventure, and the transformation of the protagonist from a high-spirited boy to a roving brigand celebrated in song.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Memed, My Hawk

by Edouard Roditi, Yaşar Kemal
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ISBN: 9781590171394
Authors: Edouard Roditi, Yaşar Kemal
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date of Publication: 2005-04-10
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.48
(rated by 10488 readers)

Description

A tale of high adventure and lyrical celebration, tenderness and violence, generosity and ruthlessness, Memed, My Hawk is the defining achievement of one of the greatest and most beloved of living writers, Yashar Kemal. It is reissued here with a new introduction by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of its first publication.Memed, a high-spirited, kindhearted boy, grows up in a desperately poor mountain village whose inhabitants are kept in virtual slavery by the local landlord. Determined to escape from the life of toil and humiliation to which he has been born, he flees but is caught, tortured, and nearly killed. When at last he does get away, it is to set up as a roving brigand, celebrated in song, who could be a liberator to his people—unless, like the thistles that cover the mountain slopes of his native region, his character has taken an irremediably harsh and unforgiving form.
 

Escape poverty and injustice in lyrical high adventure.

Recommended for those who enjoy tales of adventure, struggles against oppression, and individuals who transform from a victim to a hero. The book is most unique in its lyrical writing style, high adventure, and the transformation of the protagonist from a high-spirited boy to a roving brigand celebrated in song.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.