The White Castle

(Author) Orhan Pamuk
Format: Paperback
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From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes a dazzling novel that is at once a captivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise on the enigma of identity and the relations between East and West. In the 17th century, a young man sailing from Venice to Naples is taken prisoner by pirates and delivered to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople. There he is forced into slavery and left in the custody of a brilliant Turkish inventor known as Hoja--"master"--a man who is his exact double. In the years that follow, the slave instructs his master in Western science and technology, from medicine to pyrotechnics. But Hoja wants to know more: why he and his captive are the persons they are and whether, given knowledge of each other's most intimate secrets, they could actually exchange identities. Set in the Ottoman Empire, a world of pirates, slavery, magnificent scholarship and terrifying savagery, The White Castle is a colourful and intricately patterned triumph of the imagination.

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Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
164
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780571309696
Publish year:
2015
Publish date:
April 16, 2015

Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist renowned for his novel "My Name is Red," blending historical fiction with philosophical themes. His intricate, lyrical prose captures the complexities of Turkish society, often exploring themes of cultural identity and East-West relations. Pamuk's work has earned him international acclaim and a Nobel Prize in Literature.

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