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Orhan Pamuk: La vida nueva (Spanish language, 2002, Alfaguara/Santillana)

379 pages

Spanish language

Published Nov. 19, 2002 by Alfaguara/Santillana.

ISBN:
978-84-204-6508-1
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OCLC Number:
51096857

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5 stars (1 review)

Hasta el inesperado momento en que abrió el libro, la vida de Osman se reducía a asistir a clase de Ingeniería y regresar a la casa que compartía con su madre. La lectura y un tiroteo en las calles nevadas de Estambul convirtieron al joven héroe en un viajero nocturno cuya existencia nunca volvió a ser la misma. Osman recorre un inmenso país acompañado de una mujer que, por azar, dejó el libro sobre la mesa de un café. Una mujer que ama a otro hombre. El mismo a quien están buscando, el único que comprende el poder del libro. Orhan Pamuk, un autor comparado con Nabokov, Borges o Umberto Eco, nos aporta la creatividad y la visión de un hombre de hoy que vive y escribe en la frontera de dos mundos: Occidente y el Islam.

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Stunning writing

5 stars

I was lucky enough to win a copy of Snow a couple of years ago and absolutely loved Orhan Pamuk's writing. His poetic descriptions are beautiful and I managed to completely lose myself in the book. So when I saw a copy of The New Life on a second-hand stall in Bristol, I snapped it up.

The New Life is a mix of books in one. There is the stunning writing in which to lose yourself, a road journey through a Turkey which is being lost even as our narrator discovers it, and a splash of mysticism to aid and baffle the reader in equal measure! The seemingly unending bus journeys are brilliantly portrayed, both their tedium and the mortal risk of boarding. I did not completely understand everything as I read it, although much later became clear with further chapters and, as with Snow, I need to learn more …

Subjects

  • Novela turca
  • Narrativa (Turquía)