Umut Toprakları

“You can be sure that what happened there will soon happen here,” said Grigor. “Look at this situation... Most of the land is in the hands of people who are alienated from the land. There is no such thing as love of land among them. Only God knows what will happen in the future. I still believe that it would be better if the land was transferred to the peasants. Because then, no one will be able to take the land from the villagers.”

Lands of Hope, the immortal work of Liviu Rebreanu, known as the Tolstoy of Romanian literature, focuses on an ancient and fundamental question while revealing the modernization pains of a backward society: Why do people fight? This long-lasting novel, which flows with the visuality of a documentary, brings up dualities such as war and revolution, rebellion and slavery, for discussion in the field of literature, under the influence of World War I. The position of the peasants in modern revolutions is particularly problematized: are the peasants "lazy" and "ignorant" beings who are not interested in anything other than their own interests, or do they have an indispensable value in the society's general struggle for freedom?

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition