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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 7 years ago
I'm mixed about this book. On one hand, I love the political look. On the other hand, I am so tired of books where the female characters are simply seen as symbols by the men in the story.But the politics. That was awesome.
debbiekrenzer
debbiekrenzer rated it 7 years ago
A very different love story that I found interesting and a decent read.Thanks to Other Press and Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Bloodorange
Bloodorange rated it 9 years ago
Suffocating prose; monologues in spades; hard to understand without footnotes, which made me care less for the plot; I have a feeling English translation is not too good - at some point, accidentally, I switched from a print copy in English to an e-book in Polish and the change in the ease of readin...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 9 years ago
In the end this book was a disappointment. As I began to read, I was intrigued, but I became less and less interested as it goes along. The book is a postmodern novel. It reads a lot like Milan Kundera and is about, love, relationships, politics, and Islam versus the West. It is somewhat dreamli...
Theculturecafe
Theculturecafe rated it 12 years ago
I bought this book after finishing Istanbul Memories of a City as I wanted to continue to stay in Istanbul and learn more about the city. I had just visited Istanbul in February this year and was so mesmerized by it that I wanted to learn more, continue to dig my mind into it. While Istanbul Memorie...
Xalaila's book diary
Xalaila's book diary rated it 12 years ago
A pesar de que una odia al personaje principal, es una historia compleja, donde no hay blancos ni negros sino muchos tonos de grises. Amor, desesperaciĆ³n, sueƱos, todo enmarcado en la vida cosmopolita de Estambul de mediados del siglo XX. El uso que hace Pamuk del lenguaje es maravilloso (sospecho q...
JulieM
JulieM rated it 12 years ago
This book was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me. It starts out with the main character, Ka, an exiled Turkish poet returning to the small town of Kars to investigate the suicides of the 'scarf-girls' - girls who due to a new law are no longer allowed to wear their head scarves in school. The s...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/apr/27/orhan-pamuk-museum-innocence-pictures
basswood
basswood rated it 12 years ago
I still can't quite figure out exactly what I loved about this book. Except for one instance, I didn't find any exceptionally deep or poignant writing in it. Who knows, maybe the translation did that. The book did, however, keep me consistently interested from start to finish with very rich descript...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 12 years ago
I started reading this book 2years ago, then I neglected it after reading some random chapters. Turns out that's where my fault lies. This time I read frim the beginning and immediately got caught. The general understanding for reading a compilation is that you can start wherever you like andprogres...
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