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"Suat Derviş(Istanbul, 1905-1972) is one of the leading female authors of Turkish literature. She was educated in Germany, where she wrote articles for newspapers and journals. After the rise of fascism, she returned to Turkey in 1932. She became renowned for her novels, which were serialized in Turkish newspapers and often centered around the tragic lives of lost, lonely, and struggling people in urban Turkey. In 1941 she began publishingYeni Edebiyat(""New Literature""), a biweekly magazine on art and literature. A dedicated socialist, she was placed under house arrest for a short period of time following the publication of her bookWhy Do I Admire Soviet Russia. After her release, and a change of government in Turkey, she voluntarily exiled herself from 1953 to 1963. With the publication ofThe Prisoner of Ankarain 1957, she became the first female Turkish author to publish a novel in Europe. The novel received critical acclaim fromLe Mondeand the literary periodicalLes Lettres Fran aises, and was published in Turkish eleven years later. Maureen Freelyis the author of seven novels, and a former journalist who focused on literature, social justice, and human rights. Well known as a translator of Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, she has brought into English several Turkish classics as well as newer work by Turkey's rising stars. As chair of the Translator's Association and more recently as president and chair of English PEN, she has campaigned for writers and freedom of expression internationally. She teaches at the University of Warwick."
Suat Dervis is an important novelist. She suffered a great deal for her political views, and her works were suppressed...In the Shadow of the Yali is a work of beauty. A painful love story. A novel that examines love from a Marxist perspective. In my opinion, it has no equal in our literature. --Selim Ileri, Orhan Kemal Novel Prize-winning author of Boundless Solitude This feminist novel takes the reader into the world of the granddaughter of a Circassian slave who was born into privilege, lost everything, married a greedy, ambitious man, fell in love with a tycoon, and lost everything again. Suat Dervis paints a vivid portrait of the new rich during the early days of the Turkish Republic still in the shadow of its Ottoman past. --Miriam Cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University A mesmerizing tale of obsession and a woman's journey to self-knowledge by one of the most influential feminist writers in the early Turkish Republic. Trapped between the old values of the Ottoman elite with which she was raised and those of the rich Republican businessmen that surround her, she struggles to live life on her own terms. But even in this time of profound social change, what has not changed is men's control over women's fate. --Jenny White, Professor at Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies and author of Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence A captivating tale of a passionate affair with unexpected consequences. The twists and turns of the unfolding narrative keeps you reading to the end--which happens at a most unexpected point. --Afsaneh Najmabadi, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
