Nail'i Bırakamam

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A period novel featuring many names from Nâzım Hikmet to Mina Urgan, from Sabahattin Ali to Ruhi Su.

He was fascinated by writing during his secondary school years and rebelled against injustice with the magazines he published, He was complained to Atatürk because of his poems, was a cellmate with Nazım Hikmet at the age of 17, left his great love Taisa with a telegram order when he was living in Moscow at the age of 24 and returned to the country a month before the birth of his child, and years later his love returned to Halet Çambel. A close friend of Zekeriya Sertel, Nazım Hikmet, Mina Ungan, Suat Derviş, Abidin Dino, Orhan Veli, Sabahattin Ali, who received the Aga Khan Architecture award even though he was not an architect...

-Nail Çakırhan

Although he is the grand vizier's grandson, he meets life and love in the most mature way, is brave enough to challenge Hitler when necessary by getting rid of the spell of luxury and dissipation, is idealistic enough to work to achieve his goal by sleeping in tents, and self-sufficient enough to bargain with bandits. safe, enterprising enough to bring village women together and make them productive, a Republican woman enough to organize the education of poor children, and stylish enough to go to Russia to look for her first wife, Taisa, with the hope that her husband would be happy...

-Halet Çambel

Children of Dursun and Nesrin Paksoy. Owner of all these memories. A loyal friend born to his Uncle Nail and Aunt Halet Hanım. From Âşık Veysel to Ruhi Su, from Zekeriya Sertel to Yaşar Kemal The grandson of Uzun Ahmet, who shared memories with many important names and was the subject of Yaşar Kemal's books...

-Emre Paksoy

He worked as a scorekeeper and a night watchman for other masters, especially Ahmet Faik Paksoy and Mehmet Savrun, and then he became a substitute teacher. He occasionally sent his articles to magazines published in Adana and explained the reasons for Ahmet Faik Paksoy's behavior towards him. He left Kadirli and came to Istanbul, known to everyone as Yaşar Kemal...

-Kemal Sadık

Editor: Meltem Erkmen

Dough Type: 2 Dough

Size: 13 .5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition