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White Castle

Orhan Pamuk

  • 186 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1985
  • 26 editions
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1 About this book

The White Castle (original Turkish title: Beyaz Kale) is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. It explores the relationship between an Italian slave and a Turkish master in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire, set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming European world.

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  • East and West
  • Speeches
  • Enslaved people

2 About Orhan Pamuk

Born 1952

Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow.

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