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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dede Korkut: Oral Traditions in Turkic Epics,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)
The Book Dede Korkut is a compilation of tales about the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, who later went on to conquer Asia Minor, and much of Europe. Although these stories are purportedly about an group of Muslim raiders, and defenders of the faith, it is clear that these references are grafted onto an earlier tradition. The stories themselves are juicy, and often funny, and give a good sense of life on the steppe. The translation is excellent, with good endnotes.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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The Stuff of Dreams,
By Christian (Greece) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)
Heroic tales of steppe conquest and more. Love, hate, jealousy, campaigns, descriptions...The sort of tales one might imagine in dreams, but with a closer to reality focus than many epics. However, the music and internal rhythms of the Turkish original are lost in the translations.
0 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Das Book,
This review is from: The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)
For being a book that is well out of print it got to me in a decent condition, average shipping time, alright stuff
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The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous (Mass Market Paperback - May 30, 1974)
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