A magnificent love story and powerful tale of religious fanaticism, from the internationally bestselling Nobel laureate.
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
'Not only an engrossing feat of tale-spinning, but essential reading for our times.' Margaret Atwood, The New York Times
'A major work. . . with suspense at every dimpled vortex' John Updike, The New Yorker
'Powerful. . . astonishingly timely' Vogue
'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph
An exiled poet returns to the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border to investigate troubling reports of a suicide epidemic among its young women. While there, he reconnects with the beautiful Ipek, and finds himself drawn irresistibly back into their love story.
But Kars has become a touchpoint for religious and political violence and religious extremists are poised to win the local elections. As the snow falls and suspicion mounts, the stage is set for a terrible and desperate act . .
About the Author
Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books of fiction, nonfiction, and photography. In 2003 he won the IMPAC prize for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Maureen Freely is an author, translator and teacher. She has written seven novels - including Sailing Through Byzantium, Enlightenment and The Other Rebecca. Also well known as a translator of the Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, she has brought into English several classics and works by Turkey's rising literary stars. For many years she worked as a journalist in London, writing about literature, social justice, and human rights. As chair of the Translator's Association and more recently as President and Chair of English PEN, she has campaigned for writers and freedom of expression internationally. She teaches at the University of Warwick.
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