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The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk

Published: 2006-07-11
Paperback : 466 pages
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A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely

Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel-loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband, Cel�l, a popular newspaper columnist? But Cel�l, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip ...
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(A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely

Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel-loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband, Cel�l, a popular newspaper columnist? But Cel�l, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Cel�l 's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst.

With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity. For Turkish literary readers it is the cherished cult novel in which Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language readers. Now, in Maureen Freely’s beautiful new translation, they, too, may encounter all its riches.

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  "A man's wife leaves him. He searches for her by reading her brother/his cousin's writing."by Christy G. (see profile) 11/06/07

I cannot put into words how much I hate this book. I was determined to get through it, and tried to attribute the writing to cultural or translation differences. The author discussed the missing wife... (read more)

 
  "Painful Read"by Tracy P. (see profile) 11/04/07

Only one in 8 of our members finished the book. Pamuk's writing is very self-indulgent, difficult to follow, not engaging. I just didn't like it at all. I was excited to read a mystery written by a... (read more)

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