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Kafası Kıyak
Hippiler, sanatçılar, üçkâğıtçılar, filozoflar ve manyaklar...
Komik, eğlenceli, erotik ve felsefi bir roman.
Hippi devriminin yaşandığı 60'lı yılların sonunda geçen Kafası Kıyak hippi düşüncesi ve muhafazakârlığın çılgınca çatışmasına sahne olan oldukça eğlenceli bir hikâye. Roman çiçeği burnunda Katya'nın Mallorca Adası'na sanat eğitimi almak için gitmesiyle başlar. Katya ait olduğu yeri bulamamış, toy ve güzel bir üniversite öğrencisidir. Yaşamaya başladığı bu dağ köyü sanatçılar, üçkâğıtçılar, filozoflar ve manyaklarla doludur. Birçok erkek (ve birkaç kadın) Katya'yla yakınlaşmak istemektedir fakat Katya kimi seçmesi ve nasıl bir insan olması gerektiği konusunda kararsızdır.
Hippi Franz, Katya'nın almış olduğu dini eğitimin öğrettiği her şeyin tam tersini yapan bir karakterdir ancak diğer herkesten daha güvenilir ve sevimli görünmektedir. Ünlü İspanyol ressam Piccolo Londo kendisine yeni resim projesinde yardımcı olmasını istediğinde Katya tereddüt yaşar; ressam ve asistanı çıplak çalışmaktadır. Fakat çevresindeki herkes bunun kaçırmaması gereken bir fırsat olduğunu söyler. Bu çılgınlıklar içerisinde Katya yepyeni bir dünyada kendini keşfetme yolculuğuna çıkar.
Komik, eğlenceli, erotik ve felsefi bir roman.
Hippi devriminin yaşandığı 60'lı yılların sonunda geçen Kafası Kıyak hippi düşüncesi ve muhafazakârlığın çılgınca çatışmasına sahne olan oldukça eğlenceli bir hikâye. Roman çiçeği burnunda Katya'nın Mallorca Adası'na sanat eğitimi almak için gitmesiyle başlar. Katya ait olduğu yeri bulamamış, toy ve güzel bir üniversite öğrencisidir. Yaşamaya başladığı bu dağ köyü sanatçılar, üçkâğıtçılar, filozoflar ve manyaklarla doludur. Birçok erkek (ve birkaç kadın) Katya'yla yakınlaşmak istemektedir fakat Katya kimi seçmesi ve nasıl bir insan olması gerektiği konusunda kararsızdır.
Hippi Franz, Katya'nın almış olduğu dini eğitimin öğrettiği her şeyin tam tersini yapan bir karakterdir ancak diğer herkesten daha güvenilir ve sevimli görünmektedir. Ünlü İspanyol ressam Piccolo Londo kendisine yeni resim projesinde yardımcı olmasını istediğinde Katya tereddüt yaşar; ressam ve asistanı çıplak çalışmaktadır. Fakat çevresindeki herkes bunun kaçırmaması gereken bir fırsat olduğunu söyler. Bu çılgınlıklar içerisinde Katya yepyeni bir dünyada kendini keşfetme yolculuğuna çıkar.
350 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2006
About the author
Luke Rhinehart
23 books432 followersLuke Rhinehart was the pen name of the author George Cockcroft.
He was born in the United States, son of an engineer and a civil servant. He received a BA from Cornell University and an MA from Columbia University. Subsequently he received a PhD in psychology, also from Columbia. He married his wife, Ann, on June 30, 1956. He has three children.
After obtaining his PhD, he went into teaching. During his years as a university teacher he taught, among other things, courses in Zen and Western literature. He first floated the idea of living according to the casting of dice in a lecture. The reaction was reportedly of equal parts intrigue and disgust, and it was at this point he realized it could become a novel. Cockcroft began experimenting with dice a long time before writing The Dice Man, but this made progress on the novel rather slow.
In 1971, London-based publisher, Talmy Franklin, published The Dice Man, Cockcroft's first novel as Luke Rhinehart. Soon afterwards, Cockcroft was engaged in the creation of a dice center in New York City.
In 1975, he was involved in a round-the-world voyage in a large trimaran ketch. Later, he spent some time in a sailboat in the Mediterranean, where he taught English and from there moved to a former Sufi retreat on the edge of a lake in Canaan, New York.
On 1 August 2012, at the age of 80, Cockcroft arranged for his own death to be announced, as a joke.
Cockcroft passed away (for real) at the age of 87 on November 6. 2020.
He was born in the United States, son of an engineer and a civil servant. He received a BA from Cornell University and an MA from Columbia University. Subsequently he received a PhD in psychology, also from Columbia. He married his wife, Ann, on June 30, 1956. He has three children.
After obtaining his PhD, he went into teaching. During his years as a university teacher he taught, among other things, courses in Zen and Western literature. He first floated the idea of living according to the casting of dice in a lecture. The reaction was reportedly of equal parts intrigue and disgust, and it was at this point he realized it could become a novel. Cockcroft began experimenting with dice a long time before writing The Dice Man, but this made progress on the novel rather slow.
In 1971, London-based publisher, Talmy Franklin, published The Dice Man, Cockcroft's first novel as Luke Rhinehart. Soon afterwards, Cockcroft was engaged in the creation of a dice center in New York City.
In 1975, he was involved in a round-the-world voyage in a large trimaran ketch. Later, he spent some time in a sailboat in the Mediterranean, where he taught English and from there moved to a former Sufi retreat on the edge of a lake in Canaan, New York.
On 1 August 2012, at the age of 80, Cockcroft arranged for his own death to be announced, as a joke.
Cockcroft passed away (for real) at the age of 87 on November 6. 2020.
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October 6, 2018
Luke Rhinehart's literary output demonstrates his alter ego's belief that we are all composed of multiple personalities. In fact, although it seems that every book of his is completely different from the others, one recurring theme permeates his work.
So here, once again, Luke introduces the subversive element of chaos into a supposedly ordered and "civilized" society to great comic effect.
The comedy is uppermost in this novel, in spite of its tongue-in-cheek sub-title. Feminists should not be put off by the allusion to pornography, as they will find a sympathetic treatment in this tale of innocence abroad. Titillating, erotic - yes, but not obscene, and as the title suggests, gentle and romantic in essence.
The 'real' Luke would be mortified!
So here, once again, Luke introduces the subversive element of chaos into a supposedly ordered and "civilized" society to great comic effect.
The comedy is uppermost in this novel, in spite of its tongue-in-cheek sub-title. Feminists should not be put off by the allusion to pornography, as they will find a sympathetic treatment in this tale of innocence abroad. Titillating, erotic - yes, but not obscene, and as the title suggests, gentle and romantic in essence.
The 'real' Luke would be mortified!
November 28, 2013
Zar Adam eserini beğenmiştim lakin bu eseri biraz fazla uçuk,basitleştirilmiş, ve belli ki popülist bir intiba yaratarak satmak...Sana Soyundum ve Grinin Elli Tonu eserlerinden az farklı bir eser yaratmaya çalışmıssada Yazar,hiç bir şekilde biyere varamamış...Okunması zordu yalnız herhalde seksin fazlaca olması herhalde kitabın okunmasını az da olsa kolaylaştırmış...Ne de olsa gizem çekiyor insanı...
"bekaretin bitişi dünyayı anlamsızlaştırıyor."
"Artan özgürlüklerin yarattığı hızlı değişim daha kısa bir edebi biçimi gerektirdi."
"Büyük bir adam bir tehdittir ve budalalar her zaman onun üstüne basıp ezmeye çalışırlar."
"....sevmenin her türlüsü bir şekilde eglenceli:kadınlar,erkekler,koyunlar,hurmalar.."
"bekaretin bitişi dünyayı anlamsızlaştırıyor."
"Artan özgürlüklerin yarattığı hızlı değişim daha kısa bir edebi biçimi gerektirdi."
"Büyük bir adam bir tehdittir ve budalalar her zaman onun üstüne basıp ezmeye çalışırlar."
"....sevmenin her türlüsü bir şekilde eglenceli:kadınlar,erkekler,koyunlar,hurmalar.."
November 14, 2018
This was a strange read ... at times I hated it and at other times I really enjoyed it. There is very little plot but with masses of mostly supernumary characters and a couple of great set pieces ... the ship in the storm and subsequent shipwreck episode plus the bizarre party at Londo's finca. Some of the characters are wierdly engaging ... Diane and Timothy especially ... but the supposedly central pair of Katya and Franz were really a bit ho-hum.
Sometimes the writing reminded me of Richard Brautigan or Thomas Pynchon ... and by that I mean overall the novel was ultimately a whimsical and entertaining shaggy dog story ... which the writer obviously enjoyed writing and which this reader liked almost despite himself.
Sometimes the writing reminded me of Richard Brautigan or Thomas Pynchon ... and by that I mean overall the novel was ultimately a whimsical and entertaining shaggy dog story ... which the writer obviously enjoyed writing and which this reader liked almost despite himself.
January 23, 2016
not the best Luke Rhinehart work. maybe a little too pornographic...
May 22, 2017
Okumayın arkadaşlar.
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