Seagull

Name: Seagull
Author: Yashar Kemal

About the author

Turkey's most celebrated novelist, whose epic fiction rooted in Anatolian folk tradition brought the landscape and people of southern Turkey to life. Memed, My Hawk made him an international literary hero.

More by Yashar Kemal

Memed My HawkTurkish epic of a bandits journey in Anatolian mountains fighting for justice and freedom
The Wind from the PlainFirst part of Kemal's trilogy following impoverished Turkish peasants and dispossessed workers
Iron Earth Copper SkySecond part of trilogy depicting village struggles during wheat harvest and economic hardship
The Undying GrassThird part of trilogy concluding village characters' stories amid social and political change