Bridge Books 2 - Alone on the Street

Bridge Books 2 - Alone on the Street Book Description The popular novel of Ayhan Bozfırat, one of the contemporary storytellers, is the second of the Bridge Books collection, which aims to build a bridge between literature and children and young readers. The novel, which was first published in 1972 under the name "Osman", was brought to the reader again with the collection edited by critic and writer Semih Gümüş and prepared for publication by Müren Beykan. Bozfırat, who passed away very early in 1981, describes the world of street children in a warm language in the novel. An unforgettable masterpiece from Bozfırat, which deals with social realities with in-depth observations, an effective style and a soft narrative, about being a child, friendship, children's rights, poverty, trust and family communication. Each piece of the Bridge Books collection, crowned with the 2010 Memet Fuat Publishing Award, offers satisfying literary readings. When Osman's father died, his mother started cleaning houses. He has to take his daughter Zeynep with him; But most landlords do not want the little girl and despise her. Osman feels sorry for both his mother and his brother and thinks that he must take care of his family. He starts truant from school and works as a cook in the market. First, his studies get worse, then his behavior changes, he makes bad friends, and finally he moves further away from school. While his mother has almost lost hope, there is only one person who believes that Osman will find the right path... (From the Promotional Bulletin)