Silent House (HB) by Orhan Pamuk

Silent House (HB) by Orhan PamukIn an old mansion in Cennethisar (formerly a fishing village, now a posh resort near Istanbul) the old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated failed historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun; and the younger grandson, Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riches, who dreams of going to America. The widow has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an

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a remade Eve hatches a plan to bring an end to the world

their happy times and sad ones too

the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament

This seemed to disappoint him greatly

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friendship and incarceration

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her rebellions

Unlike in many previous collected myths