Memed My Hawk

Name: Memed My Hawk
Author: Yasar Kemal

by Yasar Kemal

Novel about a Kurdish bandit's struggle against injustice and exploitation in Turkish Anatolia

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Yasar Kemal

Turkish novelist whose Memed My Hawk brought the folklore and social struggles of Anatolia to world literature. His epic storytelling rooted in oral tradition made him Turkey's most celebrated novelist internationally.

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