- Paperback: 290 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0571193781
- ISBN-13: 978-0571193783
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #569,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Maze,
By Zeynep Ozturk (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Life (Hardcover)
I have read this book because of my final paper. Before, as a Turk reader, I did not like Orhan Pamuk because his novels and his words were so difficult to understand the main subject.However this novel is different even though it is a different perspective and continiuty of hs other novels. When you read carefully, you find a maze.For example,when writer reached to a town named Viranbağ to looking for Mehmet,you can underline that Viranbağ passed in the novel at the begining when writer tells about his memories. Most of clues is like this in the novel and the most surprising thing is at the end. If you read carefully, you can see that the writer, Mehmet, Dr. Narin and Uncle Rıfkı are the same person.Also, most of the people think that the hero of the novel died at the end but donot forget that if he died, he could not write the book. On the other hand, novel is criticizing the Turkey. For example, the accidents-the rate is really high now in Turkey- or the congresses which are done for solving problems(in novel the problem is the West problem of Turkey.Some people want to keep culture and so refuse the new.)become for creating problems. There are no solutions just talking about problems. It is like crying wall.Consequently, this novel also underlines the cultural problems of Turkey invisibly.It is a successful novel. I congratulate Orhan Pamuk.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book about a book,
This review is from: The New Life (Paperback)
I never heard of the author before I bought this book, I was browsing through the shelves of a bookstore in the literature section one day when I saw this book. I opened it and read the first sentence"I read a book one day and my whole life was changed" I found myself drawn to it and read quickly through the first pages, I knew then that I must buy this book, and I wasn't disappointed one bit. The fact that it was written by a contemporary Turkish writer encouraged me even more since I never read literature written by Turkish writers. The story is so powerful, intriguing, and mysterious. It takes you into a journey seeking the truth, a journey looking for the meaning of life passing through the streets and cities of turkey. A truth that you might never find. The ending is so powerful, as powerful as the beginning, it has compensated for some moments of disappointment that I had reading through the story, disappointment of only wanting to know the truth sooner. It eventually turned out to be a book about a book. When reading this novel I felt the same feelings I had when I read "Gabriel Garcia Marquez". I cannot explain it in words, but very few books have effected me the same way this book has.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Haunting,
By Kyrce (NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Life (Paperback)
I can't say I liked this book when I first began it. But I quickly became almost possessed by the story, and now, almost two years after I first read it, I am still haunted by Pamuk's words and imagery. It does require many of the same reading techniques as poetry, which can make it harder to access. I don't quite understand how others find The New Life an overwhelmingly depressing book. To me, it moved through some of the most depressing and random events of life (exemplified by the bus crashes, the relentless destruction and reinvention of the past in the name of progress, etc.) and found the hope within it. Beauty, which can be terrifying and overwhelming at times, is often devalued in our society and exchanged for the pretty and the safe. I found The New Life to be a beautiful book -frightening,overwhelming, but in the end, magical.
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