The Man Who Pierced the Sky

Considered one of the classics of world literature, The Man Who Pierced the Sky continues to conquer readers.

When Papalagi is mentioned, it means "white people" or "foreigners", but if the word is translated literally, it means "he who pierced the sky".

The first missionary came to Samoa on a sailboat. The natives saw this white sailboat as a hole in the horizon, a hole from which the white man emerged and came to them. He had pierced the sky.

While The Man Who Pierced the Sky, published at the beginning of our century, is now read as a green classic, the poetic metaphor from which its title originates also begins to contain a denotative meaning; Because Papalagi finally managed to really pierce the sky, time will tell what kind of sailboat will emerge from the "ozone hole".

-Ahmet Güngören, Framework-

Don't the problems that technology brings to our daily lives open the doors to new "handicaps" in our world every day? First of all, The Man Who Pierced the Sky is important because it explains these "handicaps" in a simple, unadorned language. It is important in terms of finding the target of the brutal arrows directed at this chaos of our civilization. Even though it is simple, it is important in terms of basing his criticism on justified reasons. Secondly, it is important because it opens the horizons of worlds that we know very little about.

-Refik Durbas, Milliyet Sanat-

It can be taught not only for pleasure, but also in sociology and anthropology classes at universities and even in social studies classes in high schools. (...) Seeing the West through the eyes of a true Samoan is a process that broadens one's horizons and adds new dimensions to interpretations.

-Semra Somersan, Cumhuriyet-

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 20th Edition

Size: 13x20

First Printing Year: 1993

Number of Pages: 112

Media Type: Paperback

Language Turkish

Original Title: Der Papalagi - Die Reden des Su¨dseehäuptlings Tuiavii aus Tiavea