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Human Landscapes from My Country: An Epic Novel in Verse | 
| Author: Nazim Hikmet
Creators: Edward Hirsch, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk
Publisher: Persea
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3130915
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
ISBN: 0892553499
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780892553495
ASIN: 0892553499
Publication Date: December 5, 2008 (In 17 Days)
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Product Description
The complete English translation of Nazim Hikmet's epic masterwork.
Written during the Second World War while Hikmet was serving a thirteen-year sentence as a political prisoner, his verse-novel uses cinematic techniques to tell the story of the emergence of secular, modern Turkey by focusing on the always-entertaining stories of sundry characters from all walks of life. As his vignettes flash before our eyes at movie-like speed, it becomes clear he is also telling the turbulent story of the twentieth century itself and the ongoing struggle between tradition, which trusts in God, and modernity, which entrusts the world to human hands.
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Human Landscapes of a Nation November 19, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Nazim Hikmet's great Epic Poetry is written in simple lines that carry more than they seem. So much about a culture and its human side. Nazim Hikmet, regardless of his politic side, is a humanist that always believed in human beings and wished for the best for those who suffer. Human Landscapes is a masterpiece of his humanist side.
Great Book, and a good edition October 26, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nazim Hikmet and his poetry and prose are famous for various reasons, and I think with this specific edition the value of the poetry is very well communicated even to those who read Nazim for the first time. The translation, the glossary and the introductions are what make this edition great. As to what makes this book great... it is a very telling story of the history of the time in Turkey. The characters come alive and pass us by as we turn the pages and the reader becomes a part of the epic. While reading the story I felt like I was in Turkey and was turning my head to see where the noises were coming from only to be included in the daily lives of so many very well developed characters....
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