Snow (Paperback)
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From Publishers Weekly
A Turkish poet who spent 12 years as a political exile in Germany witnesses firsthand the clash between radical Islam and Western ideals in this enigmatically beautiful novel. Ka’s reasons for visiting the small Turkish town of Kars are twofold: curiosity about the rash of suicides by young girls in the town and a hope to reconnect with “the beautiful Ipek,” whom he knew as a youth. But Kars is a tangle of poverty-stricken families, Kurdish separatists, political Islamists (including Ipek’s spirited sister Kadife) and Ka finds himself making compromises with all in a desperate play for his own happiness. Ka encounters government officials, idealistic students, leftist theater groups and the charismatic and perhaps terroristic Blue while trying to convince Ipek to return to Germany with him; each conversation pits warring ideologies against each other and against Ka’s own weary melancholy. Pamuk himself becomes an important character, as he describes (more…)
Comments on Snow (Paperback)
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very well constructed, but somewhat cold novel
This is a strange story of love, the meeting of East and West, a comment
on Turkish history and politics, and much else besides.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Revealing
The main character, a poet, returns to his hometown in Turkey to write a story about girls committing suicide over the right or denial to wear a headscarf.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thick, dense, rich
I read this book as part of a book club and must admit, had it not been for the hazing I would have received for not finishing it, I would have put it down after 30 pages…
3.0 out of 5 stars
More artsy than enjoyable
There were parts of this book that I found to be extremely beautiful, and I was really happy with how the Ka-Ipek love affair ended.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Another Obscure Nobel Prize Winner
While I did feel the author conveyed the desperation of cultures dealing with a population divided over modernization and fundamentalism, I felt, in general, this book was ill…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Metaphorical Stew
This is my first book by this author. I assume he will be a nominee for the Nobel prize someday soon…they love work that is dense, poetic and thoughtful.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Once again, at odds with the larger community
I read Pamuk’s “The Black Book”, which is favorably reviewed on Amazon. I sincerely did not like it. I found it boring, flat, and far too long.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An engaging listen
I listened to the unabridged version of this book and found it engaging the whole way through.
3.0 out of 5 stars
something went wrong
When I started to read this (the first novel I have read by this author) I thought it was going to be excellent and give me a real insight on Turkish and Islam mentality and tell…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Pamuk: Turkish historian, lumpen, or exchange-student in a writing program ?
In the early 2000s, amid much publicity, writer Orhan Pamuk had left his beloved Bosphorus flat for Kars, a poor Eastern Turkish town.