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Snow
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SNOW is the story of Ka, an exiled poet who returns from Germany to Kars, a small town in Turkey, purportedly to report on a rash of suicides by religious girls who are legally forbidden to wear head scarves. The head scarf debate is a hot political issue in Turkey even today, yet Ka's return to Turkey is driven less by an interest in politics and... »
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Istanbul: Memories and the City
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Times gone by. Greater times, present days. A very personal take on the Great City by one of the world's great writers. Not always popular in his home country, his prose transcends borders, showing Istanbul as it truly is: universal. Packed with great black and white pictures.... »
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The Black Book
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In a nutshell, "The Black Book" is a series of stories within stories within stories, all loosely based around a somewhat weak and unexpanded plotline. Orhan Pamuk has the storytelling aspect of writing down - each miniature story within story within story is well-written, vivid, and full of gorgeous, picturesque images.
There are just too... »
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Bliss: A Novel
You want to know what I loved about the movie, Titanic? I loved the underwater shots of the ship itself as remote control cameras panned the doomed ocean... »
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Memed, My Hawk
This is a shoot-up in the old Zane Grey style......lots of swash and buckle. The setting may be the rugged outback of Anatolia in the 1920's but the plot ... »
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Other Colors: Essays and a Story
Not a moment or detail of life and living appears to pass Orhan Pamuk by without notice. This collection is breathtaking, both in terms of the wide range... »
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My Name Is Red
This book (at least in translation) is in desperate need of an introduction. The chronology at the back is not sufficient to give some unfamiliar with the... »
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The White Castle: A Novel
This is the second book by Orhan Pamuk that I have read. "The White Castle" impressed me from the start by the way we are led into the discovery of an old... »
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