Orhan Pamuk

Snow is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. Published in Turkish in 2002, it was translated into English by Maureen Freely and published in 2004. The story encapsulates many of the political and cultural tensions of modern Turkey and successfully combines humor, social commentary, mysticism, and a deep sympathy …

Mitt namn är röd är en roman skriven av Orhan Pamuk 1998. Originalets titel är Benim Adım Kırmızı. Boken kom att bli ett genombrott för Pamuk i västvärlden. Boken utspelar sig i Konstantinopel på 1500-talet dit en ung man anländer med förhoppning att förenas med sin ungdomskärlek. Samtidigt pågår en konflikt mellan …

A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory …

Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel–loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband or Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his …

Den vita borgen är en roman av Orhan Pamuk, skriven 1985. Originalets titel är Beyaz Kale. Handlingen äger rum i Konstantinopel på 1600-talet dit en venetiansk man förs som slav. Han hamnar hos vetenskapsmannen Hodja och tillsammans får de i uppdrag att bygga krigsmaskiner åt sultanen. I början gör Hodja och mannen …

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 …

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 …

Other colors is a 2007 book written by Orhan Pamuk.