Fiction.
Literature.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticismâ??these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek's ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. A theatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may be the prelude to losing everything else. Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense, Snow is of immense relevance to our present mome… (plus d'informations)
Fiction.
Literature.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticismâ??these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek's ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. A theatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may be the prelude to losing everything else. Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense, Snow is of immense relevance to our present mome
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La neige ne cessant de tomber, la ville de Kars se retrouve coupée du monde. Ka arpente les rues et se retrouve mêlé à un imbroglio a la fois sentimental et politique. Dans ce décor, il retrouve l'inspiration et écrit une série de poèmes qu'il intitulera "neige".
Une fois les routes reouvertes, Ka quitte Kars sans Ipek qui refuse au dernier moment de le rejoindre, pressentant que Ka l'a trahie en dénonçant lazuli, son ancien amant. Lazuli mort, Ipek se rend compte qu'elle ne pourra jamais être heureuse.
On apprend par la voie du narrateur, que suite à cet episode, Ka vivra 4 années de remords et de solitude en Allemagne avant de se faire assassiner dans la rue, sans doute par des islamistes ayant voulu venger la mort de lazuli. Les poèmes écrits par Ka restent introuvables après sa mort, malgré les recherches du narrateur.
Roman foisonnant, un mélange de genres. À découvrir pour le paysage et l'histoire turque. (