{"title":"Books by Yashar Kemal","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781784701086","title":"Memed, My Hawk","description":"Memed grows up a serf to a vicious overlord on the thistle-clad plains of Turkey’s Taurus region. When his plan to escape is dashed, and the young woman he loves murdered, Memed makes for the mountains to become an outlaw. Before long he has transformed from a young rebel to an infamous bandit, the scourge of corrupt oppressors and hero to the poor. With vividness and simplicity, Kemal's classic novel evokes the fierce beauty of his country and the struggles of its oppressed people.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304674898293,"sku":"9781784701086","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781784701086_4bfcbc7c-3051-4d20-ba04-dd888c6ef9cb.jpg?v=1786025880"},{"product_id":"birds-have-also-gone","title":"The Birds Have Also Gone","description":"There is an ancient Turkish tradition which promises a place in paradise to anyone who sets a small bird free. Three boys start up a bird-catching business to enable people to free them in order to secure their place in heaven, but the city-dwellers have become sceptical, and tragedy lies in wait for the boys.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490302468469,"sku":"9781846559624","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781846559624.jpg?v=1786442189"},{"product_id":"to-crush-the-serpent","title":"To Crush The Serpent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA staggering, shattering novel from Turkey's greatest novelist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Halil was shot dead in his own home by his wife Esmé's former suitor, the village has pointed the finger of guilt at the dead man's beautiful widow: she must have arranged the murder. The task of vengeance falls on Esmé's little son, Hassan: year after year he is groomed for it, his devotion to his mother sapped with talk of the unavenged ghost of Halil and his father, doomed to roam the countryisde as a translucent red snake, an insect, a bird. Hassan hears tales against his mother. How long will her innocence protect her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stark tale of cruelty and vendetta is told in a narrative of relentless tension, reminiscent of Greek tragedy. it is one of Yashar Kemal's most beautiful and haunting novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490303353205,"sku":"9781846559648","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781846559648.jpg?v=1786442191"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-yashar-kemal.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}