Kara Kitap
Rather quite some time ago now, my Mum went on holiday to Turkey. As a going-away present, I sought out a book by a Turkish author to give her for her long plane ride. I managed to find The White Castle, which is Orhan Pamuk's first book translated into English. She passed the book onto me, which I read and loved. Shortly thereafter, his second book in English translation was published, The Black Book, which I eagerly read as well. I have to admit that, sadly, I don't remember it at all. Even looking at the book's Wikipedia page didn't really jog my memory other than to remind me that the book was a bit of a challenge to read – rather too esoteric and metaphysical for the state of mind when I read it on a summer holiday.
Since then, Pamuk has gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006 and has now sold millions of books in dozens of languages. Perhaps it's the right time to revisit Turkey on my literary travels now.
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