Orhan Pamuk

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world …

Valkoinen linna on Orhan Pamukin läpimurtoteos, historiallinen romaani, jonka teemoja ovat länsimaisen ja itämaisen kulttuurin kohtaaminen ja vastakkaisuus. Kirjaa on verrattu Mika Waltarin Mikael Hakimiin. Kirjasta otettiin Suomessa uusi painos 2006 Orhan Pamukin voittaessa Nobelin kirjallisuudenpalkinnon. Romaanin …

The protagonist of Orhan Pamuk's fiendishly engaging novel is launched into a world of hypnotic texts and (literally) Byzantine conspiracies that whirl across the steppes and forlorn frontier towns of Turkey. And with The New Life, Pamuk himself vaults from the forefront of his country's writers into the arena of …

In a crumbling mansion in a gentrified former fishing village on the Turkish coast, the widow Fatma awaits the annual visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün; and Metin, a high schooler drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riche. Bedridden, Fatma is attended by …

The late 1590s. the Sudanese secret Committee made a great book Ji: to celebrate his life and empire. He got the best painter. painting a European style of this book. However. the prevalence of radical religious fundamentalist movement then. this is a dangerous plan. Any figurative works of art were regarded as the …

Musta kirja on Orhan Pamukin romaani. Teos kehittelee ja muuntelee edelleen Valkoinen linna -romaanin kaksoisolentoaihetta. Romaani alkaa rikosromaanimaisena katoamistarinana. Nuori istanbulilainen juristi Galip lähtee etsimään vaimoaan Rüyaa, joka on kadonnut jättämättä viestiä. Galip arvelee hänen menneen …