ORHAN PAMUK

Eines Tages las ich ein Buch, und mein ganzes Leben veränderte sich. Osman, der Ingenieurstudent aus Istanbul, verfällt nicht nur dem rätselhaften Buch, sondern auch der wunderschönen Kommilitonin Canan. Er beschließt, sich auf die Suche nach der fremden Welt zu machen - ein lebensgefährliches Unternehmen.

The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture, and confirms Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, this work is a labyrinthine novel suffused with sights, sounds, and scents of Istanbul as it plumbs the mystery of identity, fiction, and reality.

A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy–or hüzün–...

Vigo, Editorial Galaxia (Colección Literaria), 2009. Rústica con solapas. 21,5 x 14 cm. 705 págs. EN GALLEGO.