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Sleeping in the Forest: Stories and Poems (Middle East Literature In Translation) Paperback – November 1, 2004

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Sait Faik may well be named "the Turkish Chekhov." In Turkey, critics and readers regard him as their finest short story writer. Since his death in 1954 at the age of forty-eight, his stature has grown on the strength of his narrative art, which is both realistic and whimsical with a poetic touch. Süha Oguzertem, a premier authority on Turkish fiction, writes in his introduction to Sleeping in the Forest that "As an anti-bourgeois writer and fierce democrat, Sait Faik has always sided with the underdog" and that no characters remain " 'common' or 'ordinary' once they enter Sait Faik's stories; his piercing gaze and thoughtful vision transform them lovingly into unique beings." Sait Faik's fiction ranges from the realistic to the surrealistic, from the romantic to the modern, from the cynical to the compassionate. With virtuosic skill, he captures the spirit and the spleen of the city of Istanbul and its environs. In evoking the mystery of that great metropolis through such ordinary characters as Armenian fishermen, Greek Orthodox priests, and the disillusioned and disfranchised, he creates for us a marvelous microcosm of tragicomedy. Few writers, in Turkey or elsewhere, command Sait Faik's mastery of the ironic. Sleeping in the Forest features twenty-two stories, an excerpt from a novella, and fifteen poems rendered into English by some of the best-known translators of Turkish literature. Sait Faik's chiaroscuro world is brought into focus by an introductory essay on utopian poetics and lyrical stylistics of this great Turkish writer. The book is a stimulating exploration into Turkish mood and milieu.
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  1. Print length
    232 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Syracuse University Press
  4. Publication date
    November 1, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.59 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0815608047
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0815608042
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Features twenty-two stories, an excerpt from a novella, and fifteen poems rendered into English by some of the best-known translators of Turkish literature.

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Sait Faik (1906-1954) is the most well-known and best-selling short story writer of Turkish literature. Talat S. Halman is professor and chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He is the author of over sixty books, including Con­temporary Turkish Literature and Living Poets of Turkey. He has also published many volumes of his own poetry including two in English, Shadows of Love and A Last Lullaby. Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in New York.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Syracuse University Press (November 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815608047
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815608042
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.59 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Marsha Garland
4.0 out of 5 stars A Master at Work
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Beautiful writing, very Istanbul centric, sometimes stories are almost too abstract, or slice of life. Still reading it. Poetic writing..
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Jehane
5.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Point of View
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2016
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Sait Faik seems such an interesting man, so fascinated by the ordinary and by those who lead what to anyone else might seem to be dull lives. This encourages me to want to reasd more of his work. Sadly, it isn't all translated.
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