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"Many years have now gone by, and jealousy compels me to keep her name a secret, even from my readers. But I must provide a full and truthful account of what happened."It is mid-1980s Istanbul and Master Mahmut and his apprentice use ancient methods to dig wells - they are desperate to find water in a barren land. This is the tale of their struggle, but it is also a deeper investigation - through mesmerising stories and images - into Pamuk's prevailing themes: fathers and sons, the state and individual freedom, reading and seeing. It is also a richly literary work: The Red-Haired Woman borrows from the tradition of the French conte philosophique and asks probing questions of ethics and of the role of art in our lives. It is both a short, realist text investigating a murder which took place thirty years ago near Istanbul - and a fictional inquiry into the literary foundations of civilizations, comparing t...

On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before -not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other and exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world.But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a travelling theatre company, catches his eye and seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man''s wildest dream will be realized, but, when in his distraction a horrible accident befalls the well digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master''s death and who the redheaded enchantress was.

La nueva novela del Premio Nobel Orhan Pamuk.Una historia de amor y parricidio en el Estambul de 1980.«Hoy por hoy, después de tantos años, los celos me impelen a no revelar su nombre, ni siquiera a

The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk''s celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market. Acquired by a brilliant Turkish inventor, he is set to work on projects to entertain the jaded Sultan. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and lives there with his family. He won the 1990 Independent Award for Foreign Fiction for The White Castle. In 1994, The New Life became the fastest-selling book in Turkish history. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.

Kemal, ein junger Mann aus der Oberschicht Istanbuls, verfallt der Liebe zu einer armen Verwandten - der blutjungen, naiven und wunderschonen Fusun. Was als Affare begonnen hat, wachst sich bald zu einer Obsession aus, doch das hindert Kemal nicht daran, die Beziehung mit ...

During Istanbul's tumultuous 1970s, Kemal Bey, 30-year-old son of an upper-class family, walks readers through a lengthy catalogue of trivial objects, which, though seeming mundane, hold memories of his life's most intimate, irretrievable moments. The main focus of Kemal's peculiar collection of earrings, ticket stubs and drinking glasses is beloved Füsun, his onetime paramour and longtime unrequited love. An 18-year-old virginal beauty, modest shopgirl and poor distant relation, Füsun enters Kemal's successful life just as he is engaged to Sibel, a very special, very charming, very lovely girl.

Istanbul, 1591. Tra i miniaturisti e illustratori al lavoro nel Palazzo delSultano si nasconde un feroce assassino. Per smascherarlo Nero è disposto atutto, anche a rischiare la vita. Perché se falli

After twelve years in political exile in Germany, a poet Ka returns to Istanbul for his mother''s funeral, and takes a commission to report on the municipal elections in Kars near the Russian border. There he discovers a dangerous atmosphere, with tensions running high between the political Islamists and the ''enlightened, pro-Western'' Turkish military. The second half of the novel takes place over a three-day period. Following the set-piece military coup, Pamuk brilliantly explores such themes as politics, love, ethics, religion and poetry, as we gradually discover the real truth concerning the poet and the snow covered old-world city of Kars.

"""Istanbul come malinconia condivisa, Istanbul come doppio, Istanbul come immagini in bianco e nero di edifici sbriciolati e di minareti fantasma, Istanbul come labirinto di strade osservate da alte finestre e balconi, Istanbul come invenzione degli stranieri, Istanbul come luogo di primi amori e ultimi riti: alla fine tutti questi tentativi di una definizione diventano Istanbul come autoritratto, Istanbul come Pamuk"".(Alberto Manguel, ""The Washington Post"") Una delle piu affascinanti citta del mondo raccontata con la passione enciclopedica del collezionista, l''amore del figlio, il lirismo intenso del poeta. "

A parable about love, literature and fanaticism. A young university student becomes obsessed with a magical book that delves into the dangerous natures of love and self. Abandoning his studies and his family, he goes with the beautiful Janan on a search for the meaning of the book''s darker secrets.

Orhan Pamuk, der 2006 den Nobelpreis fur Literatur erhielt, ergrundet in Istanbul die Geheimnisse seiner eigenen Familie und fuhrt uns an die verlorenen Paradiese der sagenhaften Stadt. Er beschreibt die verwunschenen Villen und verwilderten Garten, die Wasserstraen des Bosporus und des Goldenen Horns und die melancholischen Gassen der Altstadt. "Istanbul" ist ein Portrat der legendaren Stadt an der Schnittstelle zwischen Ost und West und zugleich ein Selbstbildnis des Schriftstellers als junger Mann.

In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared murdered, their master seeks outside help.

En pleno invierno, un poeta y periodista regresa a su ciudad natal, la remota ciudad de Kars en la frontera de Turquía, después de largos años de exilio político en Europa occidental. La ciudad que encuentra es un lugar conflictivo: hay una ola de suicidios de chicas a las que se les ha prohibido llevar las cabezas cubiertas a la escuela, los islamistas van a ganar las elecciones locales, y el jefe de los servicios de inteligencia es de una eficiencia brutal.

Esta deslumbrante novela, con la que el Premio Nobel de Literatura obtuvo un gran reconocimiento internacional, ofrece una sinuosa reflexión sobre la identidad y las relaciones entre oriente y occidente. Un joven cientifico indiano es capturado por piratas cuando viaja de Venecia a Napoles. Poco despues es vendido como esclavo a un sabio turco deseoso de conocer los avances cientificos de Occidente. Ambientada en la Turquia del siglo XVII, El castillo blanco cuenta la extraordinaria historia de estos dos hombres, que curiosamente guardan un gran parecido fisico. Una fascinante exploracion de la identidad, del fatidico pulso entre tradicion y modernidad, y del destino del intelectual a traves de la relacion que surge entre ambos personajes. Reseñas:"Una novela brillante, digna de un narrador unico, excepcional."John Updike "Una nueva estrella nace en Oriente: Orhan Pamuk, un escritor turco. El castillo blanco es una muestra de su gran talento, con la que se ha ganado el merito de ser comparado con Calvino y Borges; la sombra de ambos planea sobre la novela a modo de angeles de la guarda."Jay Parini, The New York Times

Estambul es un retrato, en ocasiones panorámico y en otras íntimo y personal, de una de las ciudades más fascinantes de la Europa que mira a Asia. Pero es también una autobiografía, la del propio Orhan Pamuk. La historia da comienzo con el capitulo de su infancia, donde Pamuk nos habla sobre su excentrica familia y su vida en un polvoriento apartamento los apartamentos Pamuk, asi los denomina en el centro de la ciudad. El autor recuerda que fue en aquellos dias lejanos cuando tomo conciencia de que le habia tocado vivir en un espacio plagado de melancolia: residente de un lugar que arrastra un pasado glorioso y que intenta hacerse un hueco en la modernidad. Viejos y hermosos edificios en ruinas, estatuas valiosas y mutantes, villas fantasmagoricas y callejuelas secretas donde, por encima de todo, destaca el terapeutico Bosforo, que en la memoria del narrador es vida, salud y felicidad. Esta elegia sirve para que el autor introduzca a pintores, escritores y celebres asesinos, a traves de cuyos ojos el narrador describe la ciudad. Hermoso retrato de una ciudad y una vida, ambas fascinantes por igual.

"Other Colours" is a collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. It also covers Pamuk''s recent, high profile, court case. "My Father''s Suitcase", Pamuk''s 2006 Nobel Lecture, a brilliant illumination of what it means to be a writer, completes the selection from a man who is now without doubt one of international literature''s most eminent and popular figures.

Un esclavo veneciano y un erudito turco conviven en el fastuoso imperio otomano del siglo XVII.Un sabio turco, deseoso de conocer los avances científicos de Occidente, compra a un joven científico veneciano que ha sido capturado en las costas mediterraneas. El asombroso parecido fisico entre amo y esclavo les permite poner sus muchos talentos e ingenio al servicio del sultan. Una novela deslumbrante e inteligente sobre el pulso fatidico entre tradicion y modernidad. Premio Nobel de Literatura 2006.