Author Archives: Atlas Kaan Yilmaz

The Rural/Urban Divide in Chinese and Turkish Nations

In Spring Grass, when the protagonist migrates to the city and starts working at the department store selling her wares, her incomparable enthusiasm and work ethic breathes a new life into the store. When the time comes for the election … Continue reading

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The Lost Generation of Left Behind Children

It was with great pain that Spring Grass parted with Richie at Mungsville to go to the city to work in the novel Spring Grass. She has left behind one of her children as she migrated to the city, not … Continue reading

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On The Meaning of Money in Spring Grass

In the first three chapters of the novel Spring Grass, we see the relationship between Spring Grass’s mother, her sister-in-law who lives together with them, and Spring Grass. The mother is at arms with the aunt for her idleness and … Continue reading

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