Silent house
Never before published in English, Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's second novel is the moving story of a family gathering the summer before the Turkish military coup of 1980. In a crumbling mansion in Cennethisar (formerly a fishing village, now a posh resort near Istanbul) the old widow Fatma awaits t...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2012.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000Ka 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ODN0000871125 | ||
| 005 | 20221004111300.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cn unuuu | ||
| 008 | 130807s2012 nyu s 000 1 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780307958556 |q (electronic bk) | ||
| 037 | |a 4A5E7F45-2CF1-415C-8D05-0819649B095A |b OverDrive, Inc. |n http://www.overdrive.com | ||
| 040 | |a TEFOD |c TEFOD | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Pamuk, Orhan, |d 1952- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Silent house |h [eBook] / |c Orhan Pamuk. |
| 260 | |c 2012. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Never before published in English, Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's second novel is the moving story of a family gathering the summer before the Turkish military coup of 1980. In a crumbling mansion in Cennethisar (formerly a fishing village, now a posh resort near Istanbul) the old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated failed historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun; and the younger grandson, Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riches, who dreams of going to America. The widow has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithful servant Recep, a dwarf--and the doctor's illegitimate son. Mistress and servant share memories, and grievances, of those early years. But it is Recep's cousin Hassan, a high school dropout and fervent right-wing nationalist,... | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b New York : |c Vintage, |d 2012. | ||
| 538 | |a Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2221 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). | ||
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 776 | 1 | |c Original |z 0307700283 | |
| 856 | 7 | 8 | |u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=288&titleID=871125 |y Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| 999 | |a 363819 | ||
