I just cant' do it. I just can’t get through this book. This is the 2nd time I have tried reading it, the 1st about a year ago, and this time about 2 weeks ago. I get about 150 pages in and just can’t convince myself to keep going.I think I don’t like the characters the most, but the premise a...
Long sections of this book felt like a slog. The hazard, perhaps, of any novel written in the first person is that the narrative threatens to become too narrow and therefore tiresome. You only get to know the narrator, so you need him or her to be generous and truthful. But the narrator in this c...
In the Museum of Innocence, Pamuk primarily explores issues of virginity and sexuality during 50s in well-off neighborhood in Turkey. Pamuk's skill in psychoanalysis is also well manifested in this book, in his portrayal of his love for Figen,her every move, gesture. This kind of storytelling par...
I could not put this book down for the first half of it. We follow the development of Kemal's obsession for Fusun his love interest, his every fresh observation of her beauty, her movements, their conversation, the passion so joyously described is wonderful. The twists and turns of his mind as he...
Five stars! Why? Well this book is not for every reader i guess. Because a lot of the readers cannot appreciate the details or the protagonist's "obsession"! Well, firstly Orhan Pamuk is my favourite writer! Second, this book is not just a love story! It should not be read just for that purpose! ...
تحذير لا بد منه: انتبه عند قراءتك هذه الرواية لئلا يخزّك مخرز أورهان فتعمى بصيرتك."فاحذروا كل الحذر من الوثوق في "أورهان" لأنه ليس ثمة كذبة لا يقدم عليها لتكون حكايته جميلة وصادقة "ضحكت وأنا أبدأ مراجعتي من آخر فقرة في الرواية...ربما لأن هذا فعلا ما أحسست به وأنا أنهيها...حيرتني هذه الرواية في رد...
This is going to be a rant, even more so because this book is written by Nobel Prize Winner, honored for how he represents Turkey in his books. It made the NY Times Best Books for 2004. Where is the saving grace of this piece of junk trying to pass itself as a novel?Ka, the pompous main character...
this is a rare example of a reread for me. I don't reread books very often, not because I don't want to, blahblahblah.... My experience of reading this one was a good example of a certain kind of reader's disease. The kind where even though you are trying to focus your attention on the story...
The White Castle adalah novel historis karya peraih nobel sastra 2006 – Orhan Pamuk yang berutur mengenai jati diri, pertentangan dan persahabatan antara seorang budak Italia dengan seorang cendekiawan Ottoman di abad ke 17.Kisah yang ditulis menurut sudut pandang pemuda Italia terpelajar sebagai...
Blood on the TracksEvery one of us is a potential criminal, a potential killer, a potential murderer. The question is: what circumstances would justify the crime, what situation would warrant us murdering someone?If someone attacked one of our children, would we attack the assailant? If we went t...