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Named Best Book of the Year by the following newspapers: The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Economist, The Village Voice, San Jose Mercury News, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Newsday and Chicago Tribune.
This book is about an exiled poet named Ku who returns to Turkey and travels to their forbidden city of Kars.
This book is about an exiled poet named Ku who returns to Turkey and travels to their forbidden city of Kars.
Journal Entry 2 by tabby-cat-owner at by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Monday, March 16, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (3/16/2009 UTC) at by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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mailed to a bookcrosser in Coimbra, Portugal per request from l001 virtual bookbox organized by missgyder.
mailed to a bookcrosser in Coimbra, Portugal per request from l001 virtual bookbox organized by missgyder.
Thanks for sending this, really enjoyed reading My Name is Red by the same author.
I've been reading this over the last couple of days, a great book. On the surface it is about the author searching out his friend Ka and his lost poems. The author follows Ka from Germany to Kars, where the poet seems to find his muse.
The book also talks of the problems facing Turkey today, on the crossroads of Europe and Asia, not knowing which way to go. Nationalists, Islamists, Modernists, Separatists, Europhobes and Europhiles, an explosive combination together in one small town.
To be donated to the 1001-Library.
I've been reading this over the last couple of days, a great book. On the surface it is about the author searching out his friend Ka and his lost poems. The author follows Ka from Germany to Kars, where the poet seems to find his muse.
The book also talks of the problems facing Turkey today, on the crossroads of Europe and Asia, not knowing which way to go. Nationalists, Islamists, Modernists, Separatists, Europhobes and Europhiles, an explosive combination together in one small town.
To be donated to the 1001-Library.
Journal Entry 4 by 1001-library from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Thanks so much for your donation soffitta1!
This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the 1001-library bookshelf.
Sent 29.07 to Austria.
I wanted to read this book since Orhan Pamuk received the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade… and finally did so now.
It’s a real masterwork!
I found it especially impressive how Pamuk lets all the different voices stand side by side, without commenting on them, without judging. He abstains from stereotypes and depicts great characters. It’s a dense work, very complex, a microcosm of Turkey.
This is really - literally - one of the 1001 books you MUST read before you die.
(journal picture of Kars)
It’s a real masterwork!
I found it especially impressive how Pamuk lets all the different voices stand side by side, without commenting on them, without judging. He abstains from stereotypes and depicts great characters. It’s a dense work, very complex, a microcosm of Turkey.
This is really - literally - one of the 1001 books you MUST read before you die.
(journal picture of Kars)
Journal Entry 8 by 1001-library from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, September 8, 2009
This book is now back on the 1001 library bookshelf and can be borrowed by PMing ApoloniaX:)
If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the library bookshelf.
Journal Entry 9 by ApoloniaX at 1001 Library Member, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Journal Entry 10 by celticseahorse from Newquay, Cornwall United Kingdom on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Arrived safely in sunny Cornwall. I look forward to starting this in next few days. Thanks for sending ApoloniaX, and Soffita1 for donating to 1001 library.