SALMAN THE SOLITARY Author:Yasar Kemal, Yashar Kemal Ismail Agha, a Kurd, treats the Turkish orphan Salman as his son and heir, the apple of his eye, until his wife gives him a son of his own. Then the green-eyed serpent jealousy enters the household and nobody's life is safe. Yet when the knives are drawn, none of the village gossips have correctly predicted who will be the victim.