Snow
eBook - ePub

Snow

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

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eBook - ePub

Snow

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

About this book

A magnificent love story and powerful tale of religious fanaticism, from the internationally bestselling Nobel laureate.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature


'Not only an engrossing feat of tale-spinning, but essential reading for our times.' Margaret Atwood, The New York Times
'A major work. . . with suspense at every dimpled vortex' John Updike, The New Yorker
'Powerful. . . astonishingly timely' Vogue
'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph


An exiled poet returns to the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border to investigate troubling reports of a suicide epidemic among its young women. While there, he reconnects with the beautiful Ipek, and finds himself drawn irresistibly back into their love story.


But Kars has become a touchpoint for religious and political violence and religious extremists are poised to win the local elections. As the snow falls and suspicion mounts, the stage is set for a terrible and desperate act . . .

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Yes, you can access Snow by Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Middle Eastern History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571268399
Topic
History
Subtopic
Middle Eastern History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. A Note on Pronunciation
  7. 1: The Silence of Snow
  8. 2: Our City Is a Peaceful Place
  9. 3: Give Your Vote to Godā€™s Party
  10. 4: Did You Really Come Here to Report on the Election and the Suicides?
  11. 5: Excuse Me, Sir
  12. 6: Love, Religion and Poetry
  13. 7: ā€˜Political Islamistā€™ Is Only a Name That Westerners and Secularists Give Us
  14. 8: Girls Who Commit Suicide Are Not Even Muslims
  15. 9: Are You an Atheist?
  16. 10: What Makes This Poem Beautiful?
  17. 11: Do They Have a Different God in Europe?
  18. 12: If God Does Not Exist, Then How Do You Explain All the Suffering of the Poor?
  19. 13: Iā€™m Not Going to Discuss My Faith with an Atheist
  20. 14: How Do You Write Poems?
  21. 15: Thereā€™s One Thing We All Want out of Life
  22. 16: Where God Doesnā€™t Exist
  23. 17: My Fatherland or My Headscarf
  24. 18: Donā€™t Fire, the Guns Are Loaded!
  25. 19: How Beautiful, This Falling Snow
  26. 20: A Great Day for Our Nation!
  27. 21: But I Donā€™t Recognise Any of Them
  28. 22: ā€˜The Peopleā€™s Choiceā€™ for the Role of AtatĆ¼rk
  29. 23: God Is Just Enough to Know That Itā€™s Not a Question of Reason or Logic but How You Live Your Life
  30. 24: ā€˜I, Kaā€™
  31. 25: This Is the Only Time Weā€™ll Ever Be Free in Kars
  32. 26: It Is Not Poverty That Brings PeopleLike Us so Close to God
  33. 27: Be Strong, My Girl, Help Is on Its Way from Kars
  34. 28: The Difference between Love and the Agony of Waiting
  35. 29: Itā€™s Not Just You Iā€™ve Lost
  36. 30: When Can We Meet Again?
  37. 31: Weā€™re not Stupid! Weā€™re Just Poor!
  38. 32: Thatā€™s Not Going to Be Possible While I Have Two Souls Inside My Body
  39. 33: A Godless Man in Kars
  40. 34: Kadife Would Never Agree to It
  41. 35: Iā€™m Not Anyoneā€™s Agent
  42. 36: Youā€™re Not Really Going to Die, Sir, Are You?
  43. 37: The Only Script We Have This Evening is Kadifeā€™s Hair
  44. 38: I Didnā€™t Bring You Here to Upset You
  45. 39: The Joys of Crying Together
  46. 40: It Must Be Hard Being a Double Agent
  47. 41: Every Life Is Like a Snowflake
  48. 42: Iā€™m Packing My Suitcase
  49. 43: Women Commit Suicide to Save Their Pride
  50. 44: No One Here Likes Ka
  51. About the Author
  52. By the Same Author
  53. Copyright