Tabs & Twists
The Wren
From the diary of Feride, who leaves Istanbul with a broken heart to teach in Anatolia, a story of love and growing up.
- Genre
- Drama
- Subgenre
- Romantic dramaComing of age
- Setting / Period
- Rural AnatoliaWorld War IIstanbul
- Publisher
- İnkılap Kitabevi
- First published
- 1922
- Pages
- 544
- Language
- Turkish
Review
Believing she has been betrayed by her fiancé Kâmran, the cheerful and rebellious Feride leaves Istanbul and works as a teacher in towns across Anatolia.
Written as a diary, the novel tells of Feride's idealism, loneliness and growth with great warmth.
