Paperback. 10,50 / 21,00 cm. In Turkish. 216 p. Maupassant öykülerinde, çarpici dönüsümler ve küçük olay parçalari, lanet getiren göktaslari gibi hayatin içine düser; bazengüldürür, bazen düsündürür, meraklandirir, ama çogunlukla hüzünlü bir gözlemci konumuna iterler bizi. Maupassant, saga sola dagilmis, siradan, belki de hiç dikkati çekmeyecek hayatlar önünde durup hocasi Flaubert'in uyarisi dogrultusunda bakar onlara; bir hayati, ötekilerden tamamen farkli kilan yanlari ona uygun dili buluncaya kadar en ince ayrintilariyla gözlemler
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.