Kader Kuyusu

The Well of Destiny - Mehmed Uzun Book Description

In The Well of Destiny, which is about a long period from the elite life of writer, linguist and politician Celadet Ali Bedirhan in Istanbul to the years of his death in poverty after the great exile, Mehmed Uzun uses photographs that shed light on the lives of Kurdish intellectuals who had to spend most of their lives in exile. A unique river creates a unique theme in the novel.

In addition to the urban practices of the upper class, intellectual and cosmopolitan relations, world wars and the manifestations of the Great Depression in the Middle East, lives full of pain, poverty, homesickness, bitterness and longing are shaped by the metaphor of a well and come to life in a realistic language and modern style. .

Mehmed Uzun, the great figure of Kurdish literature, portrays the Kurds' struggle for freedom, their defeat, loneliness and despair with all its striking...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)