Teneke (novel)
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| Author | Yaşar Kemal |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'Teneke' |
| Translator | Thilda Kemal |
| Language | Turkish |
| Publisher | Varlık Yayınları |
Publication date | 1955 (1st edition) |
| Publication place | Turkey |
Published in English | 1968 |
| Media type |
Teneke (English: The Drumming-Out) is a novel by the Turkish author of Kurdish origin Yaşar Kemal, appeared in 1955 by Varlık Yayınları after its first publication in 1954 as an episode in the newspaper Cumhuriyet. It is Kemal's second novel. Teneke reached its 23rd edition, published 2004 by Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
The novel was published in Turkish language 1962 in Bulgaria, and was translated into various languages since 1964.[1]
In Teneke, Kemal depicts the tragic conditions, under which the landowners (aghas) in the region Çukurova in southern Anatolia of Turkey live and the way in which the rice planters exploit them. A young and idealistic district governor (Turkish: kaymakam), who is newly appointed there, tries to back the landowners struggling against oppression and injustice by a rice planter.
Major characters
- Fikret Irmaklı – Kaymakam. A young and inexperienced district governor appointed to his first post.
- Resul Efendi – Office secretary. An old and incapable but honest man.
- Okçuoğlu Mustafa Bey – Arrogant and corrupt rice planter.
- The Doctor – Governmental official.
- Osman Ağa – Agha, rich landowner, who can not oppose his land is being overflooded.
- Memed Ali the Kurd – peasant, who does not surrender to Okçuoğlu, who intends to flood the village for planting rice.
- Zeyno Karı – Old activist woman of Kurdish origin, who incites Memed Ali to rebel against Okçuoğlu.
- Nermin – Kaymakam's fiancée, a university student far away, inspiring him to fight for the law to be respected.
Awards
Adaptations
Theatre
It was adapted into a theater play in two acts, and was staged by Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre in Istanbul in 1965.[3]
The play was staged in Gothenburg, Sweden, (where Yaşar Kemal lived for two years at the end of the 1970s), where it played for almost a year.[4]
Opera
Italian composer Fabio Vacchi created an opera in three acts with the same title, which was premiered on September 22, 2007 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. The libretto was written by the Italian poet Franco Marcoaldi. [5]
