Orhan Pamuk: The Black Book (CS)

The masterful novel uniquely combines the stories and narrative techniques of Middle Eastern literature with a postmodern writing style. The protagonist, lawyer Galip, searches for his mysteriously disappeared wife Rüye and his half-brother Celâl, a well-known journalist whose columns about Istanbul and its history form an important part of the rich novel collage.

On his quest, Galip ventures into the tangled streets of Istanbul, enters the underworld, wanders the poor suburbs and meets mystics, madmen and political activists, reads Celâl's newspaper columns and popular detective novels, and finally discovers the shocking truth about his wife and himself…