false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175718929m/550215.jpg 550215 2 Each year the wind brings the news to old Halil's keen senses that the cotton is ripe for picking in the plain, and at his word the entire population of his remote village in the Taurus Mountains set out on the arduous trek to earn by their toil enough to pay their debts and buy the necessities of life for the bitter highland winter. But this year old Halil finds himself too old to go on foot; so does Long Ali's aging mother Meryemdje, and both clamour for a place on the back of Long Ali's broken-down nag, once a pure-breed Arab steed stolen by Ali's brigand father, now scarcely capable of bearing either of the two old people. Halil's determination to stay on and Meryemdje's to get him off lead to a war of words and cunning which lights with delicious comedy the sombre drama of the march. But when the decrepit animal finally dies, and the group falls behind the rest of the villagers, it is the unfortunate Ali who has to show piety towards his mother and compassion to old Halil, while pressing on with dogged resolution to reach the cotton fields before they are picked bare. 2205698 1997 The Wind from the Plain (Wind from the Plain Trilogy) total:7|5:3|4:2|3:1|2:1|1:0| 7 28 12 0 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 03:37:14 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 03:37:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 03 14:42:07 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:42:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 29 15:01:56 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:52:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 25 14:53:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:53:29 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 05 18:28:01 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 18:28:01 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 04:21:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 04:21:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 28 10:40:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:40:26 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Apr 25 01:46:12 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 01:46:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Apr 24 22:17:52 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 22:17:52 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990 Tue Nov 27 11:40:51 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 11:41:09 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Oct 29 06:20:25 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 06:20:25 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Apr 16 01:03:25 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 01:03:25 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=550215