Salman The Solitary
(YASHAR KEMAL)
Ismail, a Kurd from Lake Van, flees the invading Russians
with his family and settles in a remote village in Anatolia.
On the way he adopts Salman, a child found half-dead by the road, but later he
has a son of his own, Mustafa, and conflict between the children not
unsurprisingly ensues. And a mountain-dweller named Halil comes down to the
plains to work, only to have his dreams shattered by deceit and theft.
Salman the Solitary is a chronicle of obsession and revenge and communal
conflict, fueled by divisions and differences: between Kurds and Turks and
Armenians, between mountain- and plains-dwellers, between rich and poor, and
even between adults and children (it describes exploits by children that make Lord
of the Flies seem like a picnic). In the narrow, confined world of a small
village, poisonous rumors and gossip are inescapable and the threat of violence
looms ever-present. But Kemal combines all of this with lyrical descriptions of
nature and haunting evocation of dreams and the fantasies, fears, and ecstasies
of childhood. The result is dark but bright, the harsh sun of the plains
reaching into the recesses of the mountains.
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