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Winner of the 1990 Independent Award for foreign fiction, this book tells the story of a young Italian scholar who is captured by pirates. Put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market, he is bought by a Turkish servant, eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West.
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The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- The White Castle
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Orhan Pamuk
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0571164668
- ISBN13
- 9780571164660
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Identity, Nobel prize, 17th century, Turkey, Turkish Literature, Turkish, Ottoman Empire
- First published
- 1985
- Original title
- Beyaz Kale
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- Winner of the 1990 Independent Award for foreign fiction, this book tells the story of a young Italian scholar who is captured by pirates. Put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market, he is bought by a Turkish servant, eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West.