Değirmen - Eleştirel Basım

Değirmen - Critical Edition Book Description “We can only learn the pains of the sultanate period in an unforgettable way by listening to them from the pens of the artists. In order to erase this black writing from the people's forehead more compassionately and quickly, and to make them forget the memories of the past era, these thousands of sufferings that he suffered must be explained in their entirety, one by one. Sabahattin Ali did this job perfectly in his stories in Değirmen.” (Orhan Şaik Gökyay, 1935) “First of all, there is no doubt that S. Ali is a storyteller oriented towards the environment. He is an artist who aims to 'make the pulse of the crowd beat in the same tempo'. Moreover, he is a strong observer. Then, his determination not to add anything more than himself to his observations is also strong. He always tries to erase himself in his stories..." (Vedat Günyol, 1945) "The most obvious main idea that the storyteller focuses on from his first works to his last writings is the corrupt course of society and the dramas of people who have to perish in this course of events. As a matter of fact, leaving aside his narratives such as "The Mill", "The Unrecoverable Masterpiece", "The Cello", which can sometimes go no further than a magazine story, S.Ali, above all, envisioned raising people to equal levels. Therefore, he did not engage in the ornate, descriptive and overly emotional expressions that writers such as Kenan Hulûsi and Şükûfe Nihal liked during his period; On the contrary, he gave importance to what was said rather than what was said.” (Selim İleri, 1969) (From the Promotional Bulletin)