The Wind from the Plain Trilogy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Yaşar Kemal Gökçeli
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s or early 1960’s
- Setting: Turkey
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Folklore
- Subjects: 1950’s, Culture, 1960’s, Blizzards, Tradition, Power, personal or social, Crime or criminals, Religion, Rural or country life, Villages, Manners or customs, Social life, Ethics, Old age or elderly people, Turkey or Turkish people
- Locales: Turkey
Characters Discussed
The Wind from the Plain, 1960
Halil Taşyürek, called Old Halil, a village elder, born in 1884. He argues with Meryemdje for the right to ride an old horse. The horse falls dead before the argument is resolved. He disappears for a time and is thought dead.
Long Ali, who undertakes a treacherous journey with his family through rugged mountains because he thinks he can find work picking cotton.
Iron Earth, Copper Sky, 1963
Meryemdje, the widowed mother of Long Ali, grandmother of Hassan and Ummahan, and oldest...
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