1st Edition

A Turkish Folktale The Art of Behet Mahir

Edited By Warren S. Walker, Carl Lindahl Copyright 1996
166 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1996. A ten-hour tale, long enough to fill a night in the telling, artful enough to keep all its listeners eagerly awake: such marathon narratives constitute a recurrent theme found in folktales worldwide. This entire book records, annotates and interprets one such rare performance, by Behcet Mahir. a man who joins great storytellers whose art has survived their deaths and... Read more
Part 1 The Legend of Hamzai Sahip Kiran; Chapter 1 First night; narration of January 9, 1977; Chapter 2 Second night; narration of January 10, 1977; Chapter 3 Third night; narration of January 11, 1977; Chapter 4 Fourth night; narration of January 12, 1977; Chapter 5 Fifth night; narration of January 13, 1977;

Biography

Warren S. Walker

"...fascinating..." -- Turkish Studies Association Bulletin