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The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirms Orhan Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature, comparable to Borges and Calvino.
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Prestige, contemporary, contemplative and open-ended.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Orhan Pamuk
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 503
- Publisher
- Faber, Gallimard, Yapı Kredi Yayınları
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- tur, srp, Chinese, glg
- ISBN
- 9781466887633
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“Ruya slept on her stomach in the sweet and warm darkness under the blue-checkered quilt which covered the entire bed with its undulating, shadowy valleys and soft blue hills.”
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