Kemal, Yașar
Gut geflunkert, Zilo!
A story from Turkey
Translated from Turkish and with an epilogue by Nevfel Cumart
© 2002 Baobab Series by Atlantis Verlag
112 pages
CHF 23.00 / € 14,90
ISBN 978-3-7152-0464-2
Ages 12 and up

The well-known Turkish author wrote down his moving conversation with twelve-year-old Zilo: She sleeps on the street, under the trains or in cellars, because the stepmother doesn't want her at home. She sells pigeon feed, but she doesn't always find a buyer.

Original: »Nar Agacini Kusatmis Hanimelleri ve Nanik Üstüne« in: Allahin Askerleri © 1978 by Yasar Kemal and Adam Yayinlari, Beyoglu-Istanbul