{"product_id":"sleeping-in-the-forest-stories-and-poems-paperback","title":"Sleeping in the Forest: Stories and Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSait Faik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTalat S. Halman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJayne Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSait 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. S ha Oguzertem, a premier authority on Turkish fiction, writes in his introduction to \u003ci\u003eSleeping in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSait 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleeping in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSait Faik\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1954) is the most well-known and best-selling short story writer of Turkish literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTalat S. Halman\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eCon-temporary Turkish Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiving Poets of Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published many volumes of his own poetry including two in English, \u003ci\u003eShadows of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Last Lullaby\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJayne L. Warner\u003c\/b\u003e is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450258243762,"sku":"9780815608042","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a68ddac4be635911016d2421be26631a.webp?v=1778783249","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/sleeping-in-the-forest-stories-and-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}