### From Publishers Weekly One of Turkey's foremost novelists explores the ambivalent relationship between master and slave in this elegant, postmodernist twist on the theme of the doppelganger. During the 17th century, a young Italian is captured by the Turkish fleet and brought to Istanbul, where
White Castle
โ Scribed by Orhan, Pamuk
- Book ID
- 107064147
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
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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