White Ship - Cengiz Aytmatov

Beyaz Gemi Product Name: Beyaz Gemi Publisher: Ötüken Neşriyat Author: Cengiz Aytmatov Category: Turkish Novel-100 Basic Works Stock Code: 9789754370430 Number of Pages: 168 Size: 12x19-5 Publication Date: January 2021 Cover Type: Paperback Paper Type: 55 gr. Enso Creamy Language: Turkish The hero of the novel White Ship- is a child of seven or eight years old. The child is the symbol of purity, innocence and the future. Aytmatov manages to create a novel fiction that extends from the pure and clean world of the child to the bitter and naked truth of life. According to him, childhood is the seed of future human character. Childhood is the period when a person begins to learn his language and feel his connections with the people around him, nature and especially culture. Aytmatov used many oral elements such as epic, legend and fairy tale in The White Ship. It brings unique interpretations to human emotions and thoughts by establishing a dramatic relationship between the grandfather, who represents the past and tells stories, and the child, who represents the future and fights both a legendary and epic struggle. The White Ship is one of Aytmatov's works, which has a wide impact in the literary world and in which the characters created are in great harmony with the message intended to be given.