Novel
Fosforlu Cevriye
Not translated into English
Suat Derviş · 1968
Synopsis
Cevriye lives in the streets of Beyoğlu, Galata and Karaköy; she has never had a home and knows nothing of her mother. A police commissioner notices that her hair catches the light, hence the nickname she is given, according to Serbestiyet. Discharged from hospital and still convalescent, she is taken in by a stranger, a left-wing activist hunted by the police, who looks after her, addresses her formally and gives up his bed to her, according to soL. She spends a week in his room, treated with a respect she has never known.
Context
The novel first appeared as a serial in 1944, according to biyografiler.com and soL, and was only collected in book form in 1968. It has four parts, titled after the first lines of a song by Zeki Duygulu, according to Serbestiyet. It was brought to the stage in 2016. Three films bear its title: Beyazperde and Cumhuriyet give those of 1959 and 1969 as adaptations, while soL maintains that they are not drawn from it and that only the one of 2000 claims it.
Who it is for
A short novel in Turkish, reissued in 2016 by İthaki according to soL, with no known French translation.
Prizes and reception
The most popular novel by its author, adapted for the stage in 2016, and whose title was used for several films.
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