Mahalle Kahvesi / Havada Bulut

by Sait Faik Abasıyanık

Bilgi Yayınevi, Sait Faik'in gelişme çizgisini göstermek amacıyla, eserlerini ilk basılışları sırasına göre yayımlamaktadır. Bu kitapta otuz üç hikâyeyi içine alan iki eser bir araya getirilmiştir.

Genres: Turkish Literature

231 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 - 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry. Born in Adapazarı, he was educated at the Istanbul Erkek Lisesi. He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics in 1930. He left school and lived for three years in Grenoble, France - an experience which made a deep impact on his art and character. After returning to Turkey he taught Turkish in Halıcıoğlu Armenian School for Orphans, and tried to follow his father's wishes and go into business but was unsuccessful. He devoted his life to writing after 1934. He created a brand new language and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, the poor. A major theme was always the sea and he spent most of his time in Burgaz Ada (one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea). He was an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society of St. Louis, Missouri.

Sait Faik mostly published under the name Sait Faik, other pen names being Adalı ("Island dweller"), Sait Faik Adalı, and S. F..

There is an award for his name which is given every year on his death anniversary: Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı

Reviews

[Hakan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uzun yıllar önce lisedeyken okuduğum ilk Sait Faik kitabı olan, esasen iki eseri içeren bu kitabı keyifle tekrar okudum. 1975 baskısı kitap neredeyse lime lime olmuş. Ama içerik taptaze, hala güncel. Zira bunlar kötüsüyle iyisiyle, zenginiyle yoksuluyla, daha çok yoksuluyla tabii, insanlık hikayeleri. Özellikle Mahalle Kahvesi'ndeki hikayeler etkileyici.

[Laylay l · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 buçuktan dööört

[Aziz Hayri · Rating 4 out of 5]

kesinlikle okunması gereken bir kitap.