Snow
Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely (translation)
Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt & Islamic fanaticism–these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel.
An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey & travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced.
Amid blanketing snowfall & universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek’s ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. A theatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may be the prelude to losing everything else. Touching, slyly comic, & humming with cerebral suspense, Snow is of immense relevance to our present moment.
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Year:
2005
Publisher:
Random House, Inc.
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0307386473
ISBN 13:
9780307386472
File:
EPUB, 643 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2005