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Human Landscapes from My Country: An Epic Novel in Verse (Karen and Michael Braz
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780892553495
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Persea Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0892553499
ISBN-13
9780892553495
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66574146
Product Key Features
Book Title
Human Landscapes from My Country : an Epic Novel in Verse
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Poetry, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Hikmet takes the traditional oral epic form and adapts it to the modern condition by using elements of drama, film and the novel. ... Mutlu Konuk Blasing [the translator], who recently wrote an excellent biography of Hikmet, does a miraculous job here. ... Human Landscapes spreads across 17,000 iron-forged lines, but it is extraordinarily efficient, never wasting a single word. The whole thing effectively amounts to a compendium of Anatolia's collective memories, traumas, hopes and fears at the time of the Second World War., eoeHikmet takes the traditional oral epic form and adapts it to the modern condition by using elements of drama, film and the novel. ... Mutlu Konuk Blasing [the translator], who recently wrote an excellent biography of Hikmet, does a miraculous job here. ... Human Landscapes spreads across 17,000 iron-forged lines, but it is extraordinarily efficient, never wasting a single word. The whole thing effectively amounts to a compendium of Anatolia's collective memories, traumas, hopes and fears at the time of the Second World War. e
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
894/.3513
Synopsis
When, on the eve of the Second World War, Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) -- Turkey's most acclaimed and popular poet -- was sentenced to twenty-eight years in prison for his Communist beliefs, he embarked on the writing of his epic, Human Landscapes from My Country. This 17,000-line verse-novel is made up of a traveler's vivid encounters with Turkish men and women from all walks of life. In colloquial language, Hikmet stages their private hopes and griefs, and through these many human dramas, he documents Turkey's historic transformation into a secular republic. Human Landscapes from My Country is "lively . . . cinematographic . . . [able] to capture the least scholarly reader" (Denise Levertov). Human Landscapes from My Country was published in a abridged English-language version by Persea Books twenty years ago. This new edition marks a major event in contemporary world literature., A vital part of modern Turkish literature, Hikmet (1902-1963) was a poet whose lyrics, as sung by leftist performers such as Pete Seeger, had international resonance, and whose repeated imprisonments drew protests from the likes of Pablo Picasso and Jean-Paul Sartre. This novel in verse, written during one long prison sentence in the 1940s, reflects the emotional and physical torments the poet experienced. Hikmet's writing is poetry under siege, and the blunt heroism of his characters makes them more Marxist ideals than believable human beings. The poetic element may not survive well in translation, but the content and context make this a lastingly fascinating work. As translator Konuk writes, the book describes 'people from different social backgrounds and classes, ranging from the dispossessed and the unemployed to senators and industrialists... from factory workers and peasants to doctors and professors' wives.' This is recommended for all modern literature collections, as evidence of the indomitable human will toward free speech in spite of great suffering.
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- 4***d (23)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis book was shipped in a timely manner. It is in good condition. I would have given 5 stars, but many pages have light pen marks/writing on them. The cost of the item was reasonable as well. The dust jacket and binding showed some wear, but the book still functions as described. It does appear in nice condition.
- a***n (1279)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExcellent customer service and book
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