Gezgin

by Sadık Yalsızuçanlar

The “A Pearl from the East, a narrative that needs tranquility” The Traveler no longer spoke unless a question was addressed to him. One day, Sadruddin asked, “If you had to summarize in one sentence all you have learned during your life, what would you say?” A bitter smiled covered his face. “Yes and no” The several phases of Ibn Arabi’s spiritual life is mentioned by the narrator in an impressive way, which is the one of them the encounter of Ibn Arabi and Ibn Rusd and although they stay together for a few hours who just speak only two words : Yes and No.

Genres: Turkish Literature

256 pages

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Sadık Yalsızuçanlar (d. 1962, Malatya), roman ve öykü yazarı, TRT Ankara Televizyonu'nda yapımcı.

İlk ve orta öğrenimini burada tamamladı. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkoloji Bölümünü bitirdi (1983). Bir süre yayıncılık ve öğretmenlik yaptı. Halen TRT Ankara Televizyonu’nda yapımcı olarak çalışıyor. Şehirleri Süsleyen Yolcu ve Rüya Sineması’yla TYB öykü ve deneme ödülünü, Ozanın Kopuzu Aşığın Sazı ve Kırkambar belgeselleriyle TMKV ve TYB tv program ödüllerini kazandı.

Reviews

[Emre Sahin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The translation to English is very poor, Turkish edition would perhaps receive a higher mark.

I'm also curious about the relationship between Rumi and Ibn Arabi. There are references to Rumi (and Shams) in the book as if they are before Ibn Arabi, but, as far as I know, Ibn Arabi met Rumi when he was a child in Damascus and even said to be muttered "What a sight, an ocean walking behind a lake" about Rumi and his father. However, the book mentions their relationship as if Rumi has a seniority over Ibn Arabi. Weird.