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Emine Semiye / Misery
#Misery is the only novel published in the lifetime of Emine Semiye, one of the pioneers of the Ottoman women's movement. Together with her sister Fatma Aliye, they fought to make women visible in social life. In her book, she mainly touches upon women's solidarity and also reveals the desperation experienced in those years. There is a narrative style in which we look back after the events and learn the reasons.
With the abundance of concubines and children, and the presence of nannies and servants in the fiction, you can sometimes confuse who is who and scroll through the pages. You may also see that adoption was very easy at that time and you may be confused as to who the children's parents were. Despite the multitude of characters, it had a fluent and beautiful plot.
Sabite, the daughter of a wealthy family who is loved and respected. He falls into misery because of the tricks his relatives plot to inherit. You are impressed by what he and those around him experienced, their class differences, their perspectives on love, and the family structure of those times. A beautiful work that strikingly describes the power of love and goodness. Those who want to read something that is reminiscent of Yeşilçam films should not miss it.
Enjoyable reading…
