SNOW
作者： Orhan Pamuk 著
出版社：Random House US 2005-6-1
简介：Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistrybetween secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism–these are the elementsthat Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. Anexiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorncity of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave ofsuicides among religious girls forbidden to wear theirhead-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiantIpek, now recently divorced.Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himselfpursued by figures ranging from Ipek’s ex-husband to a charismaticterrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. Atheatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may bethe prelude to losing everything else. Touching, slyly comic, andhumming with cerebral suspense, Snow is of immense relevance to ourpresent moment.
