A Tale Within A Tale — Ahmet Ümit

The tales in this book I heard from my mother My mother heard them from a storyteller nearly sixty years ago It seems my grandfather never thought twice about hiring a storyteller to warm the cockles of his little girl s heart She listened to many stories though she couldn t always recall them she passed many along to me as well though I couldn t recall them all either TO tell the truth I had long since forgotten even the stories in this book Years later I returned to my father s house in Antep and my mother just so happened to tell them again to me I was captivated by the beauty of the stories laid before me TO her credit my mother was a superb storyteller but it wasn t just my mother s eloquence that affected me The secret to the beauty of these stories lays hidden in their striking literary form and the img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img