Short stories
Susuz Yaz
Not translated into English
Necati Cumalı · 1962
Synopsis
The author's third book of stories, according to the daily Aydınlık. The title story, drawn from a case that the author heard argued at Urla when he was a lawyer, is set in a year of drought: the village's only water reserve is a small pond, and Hasan, the owner of the land, refuses to share it and closes off access, so the villagers go to court. According to the Küre, the book deals with quarrels over water, murders and the distress of a woman; Aydınlık notes jealousy, revenge and crime in it. The other stories are not described.
Context
According to Aydınlık, the main story was written in 1959-1960 and was first called “Habil ile Kabil”, the Turkish name for Cain and Abel, a comparison taken up by the Habertürk columnist. Küre sets most of its stories in Urla and its surroundings. The text had two other lives: the author made it into a play, published in 1969 in a volume of his theatre and staged by the Istanbul Municipal Theatres, and Metin Erksan made a film from it in 1963. The book was in its third edition in 1971, from Cem Yayınevi.
Who it is for
Short stories in Turkish; this collection has not been translated, but other stories by the author appeared in French from Actes Sud in 2007.
Prizes and reception
The title story became a film awarded the Golden Bear at Berlin, according to a Habertürk columnist.
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