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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.
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Series: Memed
Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics (April 10, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159017139X
ISBN-13: 978-1590171394
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
38 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#627,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Today, cosmopolitan Istanbul novelists Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak dominate the attention of those seeking out Turkish fiction in translation. But, fifty-odd years ago, Memed My Hawk (Ince Memed, or "Slim" M as Édouard Roditi translated the hero's nickname) was the book.I turned to this after Pamuk and some histories of the new nation, and this takes place in an indeterminate time after the Republic has opened up tensions, for the feudal lords fear modern, popular discontent. While Yashar Kamal was of Kurdish origin, he only mentions his native affiliation once, when a Turk boasts of putting down the Kurdish uprising. Instead, he channels a pro-peasant message into this action-packed novel.It reminded me of what I might have found as a teenager, and it would appeal to a genre-fiction audience, rather than an elevated literary one.Despite the Robin Hood pattern, as young Memed revenges himself and his family against the cruel local warlord and his minions, there is nuance. A key character is torn between serving his lord and sympathizing with the brigand, and this does enrich his portrayal. Mostly, it's good and bad, with not as much grey. The peasants, all the same, cheer on whatever side is winning, but they seem a loutish lot despite the author's bias. This tends to weigh down the novel. For all the relentless harshness and fragile beauty of the Anatolian corner he describes vividly, many people in this novel do not advance much in terms of depth or appeal. They stand more, as in proletarian fiction, as representatives of positions.I did chuckle morosely at one passage (p. 331 in my older ed.) After the police manhandle suspects, those people in turn take their humiliation out on others in the village. Then, the villagers beat each other up. This seems a parable that outlasts the changing Turkey after this rousing saga. While not subtle, it should retain the interest of the reader. Roditi's translation (his father was a Sephardic Jew from Istanbul) is slightly dated, but it does convey the vigor I assume survives from the original text, as often Turkish is not easily rendered in our very different English.
I read this book because I saw in the cover (Spanish edition) the UNESCO logo. A novel endorsed by UNESCO? It couldn't be bad. Well, it turned out to be great.This is the story of Memed, an 11- year old kid who lives with his mother in a small Turkish village. Tired of hardship and hard work, he decides to leave his impoverished home. He escapes and is taken in by an old, good-hearted peasant. His mother believes he is dead, and looks for him for several days until she finally gives up hope.But Memed starts feeling homesick, so he decides to go back home. Bad call. The local landowner, a ruthless man, hears that Memed is alive and sets off to recover the child, a part of his labor force. And this is only the beginning...This is a great book by a great author. If you' ve had the luck to arrive to this page and read the reviews, go and get a copy of this book. A fascinating story awaits you.
This book is certainly an exhilarating page-turner! But not merely this: Lush descriptions of the Turkish countryside as it existed at the time, a cast of characters Tolstoyan in their sweep, and, above all, an epic story of a downtrodden hero---In short, the book is a Romance. It is not, though, the simple-minded, pat story that one sometimes associates with this term. It is a Romance in the sense that War and Peace and Don Quixote are Romances. The author goes to some pains in the introduction to explain why he has written this sort of book, instead of something dry and dispiriting as many of the works of, say, V. S .Naipaul are. If I could sum up these arguments, it would be that such a work as Memed, My Hawk touches on what is written in every human heart. And it does. It is ribald, comic, sad, distressing, heartbreaking---all the emotions, which, blended together, make up a human life. It is also, of course, more specifically, about a particular human named Memed, who embodies these traits in an heroic fashion. - I don't think that it belittles this book a jot to compare it to the movie Braveheart. I found myself reminded of this cinematic work more than anything else throughout the book---There are so many thematic and plot similarities. Let's put it this way, if you love Braveheart, you will love this book. But also, if you love War and Peace or Don Quixote, you will love this book. And I say, good and well, let's have the old pathos and lyricism back that made literature what it is. Let's not leave it to the dry hacks who warn us, like so many bloodless Jeremiahs, of the perils of following our hearts. Let's let literature be literature! ---But never mind me. Let's let Kemal have the last word:"No matter how limited a man's field of vision, his imagination knows no bounds. A man who has never been outside his village of Deyirmenoluk can still create a whole imaginary world that can reach as far as the stars. Without travelling, a man can penetrate to the other end of the world. Even without much imagination the place where he dwells can become different in his dreams, a true paradise." P.77So, go. Read and Dream!
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