Black Book
By, Pamuk, Orhan
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Class No.: 894.35 PAM
Accession No.: 017733
Year: 2006
Pages: 466 p.

Of the week: 19th Nov. to 24th Nov., 2007

The Black Book is Orhan Pamuk's tour de force, a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirmed his reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, it is a labyrinthine novel suffused with the sights, sounds and scents of Istanbul, an unforgettable evocation of the city where East meets West, and a boldly unconventional mystery that plumbs the elusive nature of identity, fiction, interpretation and reality.