The Mill

By: Sabahattin Ali

Sabahattin Ali... The most profound voice in Turkish literature.

This book gathers the stories the author penned between 1927 and 1934, portraying the tragic human condition with simple mastery. This collection in your hands is an unforgettable atlas of pain, stretching from the dry solitude of the Anatolian steppe to the crowded dead ends of the big city.

Each story offers a sharp snapshot of social injustice, impossible loves, and individual hopelessness:

In The Cello and The Unredeemable Masterpiece, you will witness the tragic outcomes of the eternal conflict between art and life;

In The Canal and The Geese, you will join the desperate rebellion of the peasants and innocents crushed by bureaucratic cruelty and poverty;

In A Young Man's Story and The Reason for a Murder, you will see how young intellectuals are lost in the spiral of intellectual arrogance and obsessive love that destroys them;

And in The Story of the Suddenly Extinguished Lamp, you will be drawn into a chilling philosophical quest about the reason for human existence and the absolute uncertainty of fate.

Sabahattin Ali neither judges nor offers solace in his stories. He merely exposes the starkest form of truth with a surgeon's precision.

This book is the mirror of broken hopes and lost souls. As you read it, you will hear the echo of your own anxieties and the heavy burden of being human resonating deep within your conscience.

"In this mirror of broken hopes and lost souls, you will find yourself questioning your own anxieties and conscience."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G15LN3RB
• ISBN13: 9798273252578
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"