Katil

The fourth book of the series consisting of Simenon's novels translated by the great masters of Turkish literature, L'assassin, dated 1937, was translated into Turkish by Tahsin Yücel in 1997 under the name Katıl.

Kupérus, who also reminds us of Popinga in The Desire to Live, is the story of someone whose life is suddenly turned upside down by an extraordinary event and who passes to another plane of reality, who begins to see the world, people and events in a different way, who does not regret what he has done, but who, on the other hand, always preoccupies his mind with this issue and inevitably finds himself in every situation. He is an example of the typical Simenon heroes who break away from everything.

The shaping of the subject in Katil, which discusses the individual's struggle with himself and the ways of resistance trying to cope with the tragedy of fulfilling the routines of daily life, the alienation of the individual from society and his ability to exist as a subject, the sudden change of perspective of a community, the appearance of the superficiality of value judgments, are the themes of Tahsin Yücel. It appears frequently in his works. Yücel has dealt with these themes in a very striking way, especially in his novels such as Mutfak Çıkmazi, The Last Five Days of the Prophet, The Legend of Bıyık and Citizen. And with a style that he praised in Simenon and felt close to him: with short sentences enriched with striking detail, without the need for long analyses, long and convoluted sentences.

"Simenon reflects the misty and rainy Northern European climates, the suffocating atmosphere of small cities that sticks to the throat of the lonely man under the appearance of prosperity and serenity, with a rare mastery. Thus, it far exceeds the level of the detective novel we know. The murderer is one of the good examples confirming this observation. To us, "In the context of a double murder, it shows in striking detail not only the inevitable collapse of the distinguished person who committed this murder, but also the change in the perspectives of the people of a whole town and the emergence of the superficiality of their value judgments and friendships."
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 150

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Everest Publications

Cover: Faruk Baydar
Prepared by: Cem Ileri

First Print Year: 2016

Number of Pages: 150

Language Turkish