Buket Uzuner

Bir şehre âşık olmak, bir insanı sevmekten farklı değildir. Eğer âşıksanız, sevdiğinizin eksiklerini, hatalarını göremez, gördüklerinizi affedersiniz. Aşkınız sürdüğü sürece sorun yoktur. Ancak aşkın bittiği yerde, artık o sevilene bağımlı hale düşmüşseniz vay halinize! Kimi kez zevkten, çoğu kez sıkıntıdan kahrolarak, yanarak tutuşur, ama ne kadar terk ederseniz, o kadar çok dönersiniz ona! İşte bir kente âşık olmak da tıpkı böyle bir show more karasevda hikayesidir!

Buket Uzuner, Şehir Romantiği'nin Günlüğü adlı kitabında, Türkiye ve dünyadan yalnızca gezi anılarını anlatmakla, bize insan portreleri çizmekle kalmıyor, aynı zamanda gezi edebiyatımıza gezginin düşünceleri, coğrafya felsefesi ve gezginin düşleri hakkında yeni kapılar açıyor. Sizi âşık olduğunuz coğrafyaları keşfe çağırıyor. show less

Gallipoli 2000
A young New-Zealender woman coming to Gallipoli to find the lost grave of the great-grandfather who died in the Battle of Gallipoli, and the stunning eighty-five year old secret of a Turkish granny strolling in the Gallipoli National Park with her cane...
Gallipoli 1915
The terrifying lesson Ottoman Lieutenant Ali Osman bey and ANZAC (Australian and New Zealander Army Corps) Private Alistair John Taylor teach manking together...

The great test for mankind that no nation is yet show more ready to include in history books: Could the same man be a hero in two conflicting countries in the same war? Or, is history a text that can be read linearly? Besides, should history be re-written?

Buket Uzuner accomplishes another masterpiece at the zenith of her career as a novelist.

"Buket Uzuner narrates the East-West conflict that stretches from Homer to Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, from Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and from Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to date, and the universal characteristics of man as a protagonist along the axis of this conflict, as witnessed by Gallipoli, in an epic language."
Prof. Emre Kongar

"The Long Whide Cloud-Gallipoli is a thrilling innovation in Turkish novel-writing. Very few writers in world literature have succeeded to turn the meaninglessness and mystery of war, and its miracle of connecting people beyond emmity into a page-turner. While forcing the limits of a novel, Buket Uzuner's work is also a challenge to cinema. Enthralling!"
Prof. Talat Halman show less

Ο εμφύλιος πόλεμος μέσα από τα μάτια ενός ανθρώπου που ποτέ δεν έζησε το μεγάλο του έρωτα. Ένας πόλεμος που ξεσπάει την ίδια στιγμή με ένα μεγάλο κακό. Μια προσέγγιση του πολέμου και της αγάπης αρκετά διαφορετική που προβληματίζει.

The problem with this novel, for me, was not the story but the translation. It's a moving story and worth a read but I kept tripping up over the bald English sentences. Shame as it's a good story.