Memed, My Hawk
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Edouard Roditi | |
| Country | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Language | Turkish |
Publication date | 1955 |
Published in English | 1961 |
| Followed by | They Burn the Thistles |
Memed, My Hawk (
Edouard Roditi
, thus gaining Kemal his first exposure to English-speaking readers.
The book earned Kemal the status of one of the most famous Turkish authors internationally.[2]
Plot
Memed, a young boy from a village in
brigands
and exacts revenge against his old adversary. Hatçe is then imprisoned and eventually dies while Memed tries to protect themselves on a mountain, but not before giving birth to Memed's son, who is also named Memed. When Memed returns to the town, a villager named Hürü Ana tells him he has a "woman's heart" if he surrenders himself. Instead of surrendering and being granted amnesty by the government, he rides into town to find his enemy, on a horse given to him by the townspeople. He finds Abdi Ağa in the south-east corner of his house and shoots him in the chest. The local authorities hear the gunshots, but Memed gets away. He returns to the mountains and gives his son in protection of Iraz, Hatçe's friend from the jailhouse.
Film adaptation
In 1984, the novel was adapted by into a film, directed by and starring Peter Ustinov.
References
- ISBN 978-0761480167.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-2988-9.
External links
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