The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk
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Set in Turkey
Male author
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.
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Country:
Turkey
Turkey
Language:
EN
Genre:
Historical Historical fiction
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