Medan Nights

Author: Emile Zola, Guy De Maupassant, JK Huysmans, Henry Ceard, Leon Hennique

Gathering at the house of Émile Zola, the pioneer of naturalism, in Médan, the leading writers of the period delved into the memories of the past, and as a result of this conversation, six stories about the 1870 Franco-Prussian War emerged. This story collection, published in 1880 and called Médan Nights, had a wide impact in literary circles.

Amidst the corpses and ruins, "Victory!" From the stupid officers shouting, to the hypocritical and despicable morality of the so-called patriotic bourgeoisie, which comes to the fore in the war environment, to the "heroes" who, while waiting to fight the "enemy", all they can do is destroy the brothel they frequent, to the "heroes" who send the soldiers to their deaths with a single order and seek pleasure and pleasure themselves. A timeless and unchanging picture of the friendship, fear, illness, tears, lice, filth, death and desertion of the generals and soldiers who went about their day in it...

These unforgettable anti-war stories about the inhumanity, horror and meaninglessness of war, from classic authors of world literature such as Zola, Maupassant, Huysmans, Céard, Hennique and Alexis, are for the first time in Turkish...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 239

Media Type: Paperback