Yashar Kemal

Praise for They Burn Thistles

[A] master storyteller

New York Times

[Kemal's] work, and, when all is said and done, his life, are injected with a burning humanism and a fierce belief in mankind's potential for good over evil. In showing a better way forward, shaping the lives of his ...

Observer

He is the architect of unforgettable literary heroes and a beacon for writers of the generations that followed him

Elif Shafak

[A] master storyteller

New York Times

[Kemal's] work, and, when all is said and done, his life, are injected with a burning humanism and a fierce belief in mankind's potential for good over evil. In showing a better way forward, shaping the lives of his ...

Observer

He is the architect of unforgettable literary heroes and a beacon for writers of the generations that followed him

Elif Shafak

[A] master storyteller

New York Times

[Kemal's] work, and, when all is said and done, his life, are injected with a burning humanism and a fierce belief in mankind's potential for good over evil. In showing a better way forward, shaping the lives of his ...

Observer

He is the architect of unforgettable literary heroes and a beacon for writers of the generations that followed him

Elif Shafak

Books by Yashar Kemal