Oklukirpi

The issue of the legacy of communism, which came to the political agenda with the collapse of the Berlin Wall, was not slow to find its echoes on the literary level, and Julian Barnes wrote in his novella titled Arrowhead, which was first published in Bulgarian, in 10 1/2 Chapters. This time, he brought new and current expansions to the "multiple meanings" theme of History, which he started in World History, and presented a rare example of political satire. The novel, which is about the process of interrogation before the court he created, presents the contradictions and impasses between two fundamentally opposing ideologies with a profound political understanding, in which sharp humor permeates every sentence and satire sometimes reaches its peak... While he was a totalitarian communist, he is now a democratic and The former rifle communist leader, who has to face the accusations of a chief prosecutor who is a defender of liberal values, does not intend to get his skin pierced easily. The accusations against the communist leader, which do not seem to be well-founded due to the lack of real documents at hand, backfire like a boomerang in the dramatic flow of the novel, gradually eroding the chief prosecutor, and he cannot find a solid justification for his disgust against the dictator, so he becomes convinced that the We witness that he is trying to take refuge in moral norms. Oklukirpi is a striking novel that bears first-hand witness to a difficult political reality that once took place in that twilight region where the boundaries between past and present, stability and freedom, accusers and accused seem to disappear.

In Barnes' novels, humanity A hypnotic spell and an uncanny simplicity prevail.
The New York Review of Books

Critics overlooked Barnes's tenderness, underestimated his intelligence, and They ignored his wisdom ... The Hedgehog is a novella written with great mastery.
Nick Hornby



< b>Print Year: 2006


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Ayrinti Publications

First Printing Year: 2006

Number of Pages: 0

Language: Turkish