- Fiction, Bus travel, College students, East and West
Affected by a book he reads, Osman, a young student, yearns for the new life it promises. He falls in love, abandons his studies, turns his back on home and family, and embarks on restless bus trips through the provinces.
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Grave, prestige, open-ended and meticulous.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Orhan Pamuk
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt, Faber & Faber, Limited, Hanser
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- German, tur, cat, French
- ISBN
- 9783446192898
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