Yokuşlu Kasabası‘na tayin olan posta görevlisi Remzi, eşi Melek, kedisi ve eşyaları ile trenden inince, oradaki iki ceviz ağacı altında kendilerini kasabaya götürecek araç bekler.
Onlara "Bu kasabaya girilmez, orası bir korku kasabasıdır,” denir.
Minibüsle gelen Almancı aileyi de kavşakta bırakır kasabaya girmek istemeyen şoför. Almancı Zeliha "Ben kasabaya giderim," der. Topuklu ayakkabıları elinde, kasabaya girdiğinde, korkutucu hayaller görür. Hayallerinde iple onu çekerler, bir kuyuya atarlar, bir ecinni vardır ve kuşlardan bir duvar vardır. Binbir gözlü dev olmuştur, boş evlerin pencereleri.
Yokuşlu Kasabası; kasabaya doğru çıkıntılı kayalar, ormanlar, ilkokul, postane, hükümet konağı, hapishanesi ile.
"Korku ile yaşayan ’Tek Kanatlı Kuş’ gibidir, uçamaz, hareket edemez," der Yaşar Kemal.
Remzi, a postal worker assigned to the town of Yokuslu, gets off the train with his wife Melek, their cat and their belongings. He waits under two walnut trees for a vehicle to take them to the town.
People tell them "You cannot enter this town, it is a town of fear."
The driver, who does not want to enter the town, leaves the expat Turkish family from Germany who came by minibus at the intersection.
Zeliha says, "I'll go inside the town."
When she enters the town with her high heels in her hand, she starts seeing frightening dreams. In these nightmares, they pull her with a rope and throw her into a well. She sees is a demon and a wall of birds. The windows of empty houses have become giants with thousands of eyes.
The town of Yokuslu; With rocks jutting towards the town, forests, the town school, post office, government office, and prison.
Yasar Kemal says: "Living with fear is like a being a One-Winged Bird; you cannot fly nor can you move."