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I've read My Name is Red and have The Black Book in Spanish translation Larry Send a noteboard - 22/11/2011 01:42:10 AM
For Legolas, since I know he reads quite a few Turkish and Arab writers, I'd like to read his opinion of Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book, in part because I haven't read it yet and it seemed interesting.

The first and only book of his I've read so far was My Name is Red, which was certainly far from bad, or indeed rather good, but still disappointed me (in a fashion rather similar to how my visit of the Topkapi palace in Istanbul, the setting for parts of the novel, disappointed me... interesting connection). Not enough to keep me from giving him a second chance, though, so I might take up your suggestion.

I actually read far less Turkish and Arab writers than I should. :P Partially due to my hopelessly optimistic resolution of reading them in the original eventually - but the result is still that I've read very few of the seminal works in either literature, in any language.


I would have said Mahfouz, but that would have been too easy. And yes, certain authors deserve extra chances, so why not? :P
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Have you read any Pamuk? Legolas - 21/11/2011 10:19:21 PM 684 Views
I've read My Name is Red and have The Black Book in Spanish translation Larry - 22/11/2011 01:42:10 AM 617 Views
What did you think of My Name is Red yourself, then? Legolas - 22/11/2011 10:38:17 PM 622 Views
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Terrifying? Larry - 23/11/2011 10:43:38 PM 688 Views
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