House of silence. Pamuk O.

The action of almost all the novels of Orhan Pamuke takes place in Istanbul, the city of mysterious and beautiful, surviving the highest flowering and sad twilight of decline. Such duality often is reflected in the characters and fate of heroes who are unable to get rid of the past, which continues to influence their thoughts and actions.

These are the heroes of the second novel by Pamuke's “House of Silence”, in terms of skill and emotional power reminiscent of “Hundred Years of Loneliness” by Marquez and “Children of the midnight” of Rushdi.

Before the reader, the story of one Istanbul family slowly unfolds, told on behalf of its various representatives, each of which is enclosed in his own house of silence, filled with unspoken dreams and anxious thoughts about the past.