The White Castle – Orhan Pamuk

Posted on October 11, 2006 by mbcadmin

Date 11 October 2006

Venue: The Plough, Shepreth

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2 Responses to The White Castle – Orhan Pamuk

  1. Mr Orange says:
    June 2, 2014 at 3:03 am

    We read this just before Pamuk was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is still not clear whether the Swedish Academy took note of our score in their deliberations.

    Not having read many Turkish novels, this was a pleasant surprise. It is set during an interesting period of time (Ottoman Empire) and is a deceptively simple story that is (probably) a commentary on issues in modern-day Turkey. I have read more of Pamuk’s novels since, all of which are equally good.

  2. Mr Blue says:
    August 21, 2014 at 1:00 am

    The Academy was, apparently, waiting for our approval.

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