Snow

by Orhan Pamuk | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0375706860 Global Overview for this book
Registered by paxregina of Pawling, New York USA on 8/9/2007
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by paxregina from Pawling, New York USA on Thursday, August 9, 2007
Pawling Library book sale

Journal Entry 2 by paxregina from Pawling, New York USA on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
A very different sort of book than what I usually read. It took me quite awhile to really get into it but in the end I found it a very satisfying read. It definitely helps to know a bit about Turkish history and culture. I would consider reading more of his work.

Journal Entry 3 by paxregina from Pawling, New York USA on Thursday, August 30, 2007
On it's way to ResQgeek as part of a trade. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 4 by ResQgeek from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Arrived in today's mail. Another book off my wish list! Now if I can find a place for it in Mt. TBR without causing an avalanche...

Journal Entry 5 by ResQgeek at Alexandria, Virginia USA on Monday, February 21, 2011
Exiled Turkish poet Ka travels to the remote city of Kars, drawn by his memories of a beautiful woman, now divorced. The city has recently experienced an epidemic of suicides by religious young women who were forbidden to wear head scarves. Ka arrives in Kars just as a snowstorm closes all transportation to and from the city, and wanders the city, hoping to understand it and its residents. Along the way, he finds poems coming to him, inspired by the people and places he sees.

The bulk of this novel takes place over two days in snowbound Kars, which provides the author with a framework to hang a lengthy meditation about the relationship between and the roles of the religious and the secular in modern Turkey. The people of Kars struggle to reconcile their religious beliefs with the demands of a secular government. Some find this easy, while others reject the idea that the secular has any merit. How useful this meditation might be in understanding the cultural undercurrents of Turkey is unclear, but it does show how these issues color the politics of Turkey.

For one of the book buffets.

Journal Entry 7 by tiatia at Springfield, Virginia USA on Saturday, April 16, 2011
A bonus from the BC in DC International Convention book buffet

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