Yaban / STEPMOTHER EARTH
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Autor:
YAKUP KADRİ KARAOSMANOĞLU
Country:
Turkey (TR)
Book Theme:
Classic novels and Authrs representing your country culture
Publisher:
İLETİŞİM YAYINLARI
Publishing Year:
1932
He was born in Cairo on 27 March 1889.Until the age of six,he was raised in Cairo,after that his family moved to their homeland, Manisa. He completed his primary education in Manisa, and in 1903,the family moved to İzmir. Karaosmanoğlu was one of the contributors of
Ikdam during the Turkish War of Independence and he was a representative of Manisa to the Grand National Assembly from 1931 to 1934.He was the founding editor-in-chief of Tan
newspaper which was launched in 1935 and served in the post until 1938.Then until 1955, he served as an ambassador of Turkey in various European and Middle Eastern capitals. Yakup died at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy in Ankara on 13 December 1974. He
was buried in Istanbul. Yakup Kadri’s first work was published in 1913.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
His novel Yaban (Stepmother Earth, 1932) depicts the bitter experiences of a Turkish intellectual, Ahmet Celal, in the countryside after losing his arm in the Battle of Gallipoli. Though categorized as naturalist, the
novel has a romantic, anti-pastoral quality.
Ahmet Celal, who wants to continue his life in a quiet and calm place, is defined as wild because he is a foreigner wherever he goes. Although he has no connection with the villagers and is an officer, he is regarded as an enemy. Despite the fact that the whole country is under occupation, the villagers don’t care about it, after all; The arson of their house, the looting of their food, and the harassment of their women and daughters bring them to their senses. Seeing this situation, Ahmet Celal tries to escape with his lover.
